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I, for one, will be convinced that the Canada we know and love will be gone forever. But, then, Thucydides wrote that Themistocles' greatness lay in the fact that he realized Athens was not immortal. I think we have to realize that Canada is not immortal; but, if it is going to go, let it go with a bang rather than a whimper.

Pierre Trudeau
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Pierre Trudeau's Popular Quotes

The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.

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I've been called worse things by better people.

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We peer so suspiciously at each other that we cannot see that we Canadians are standing on the mountaintop of human wealth, freedom and privilege.

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Our hopes are high. Our faith in the people is great. Our courage is strong. And our dreams for this beautiful country will never die.

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Bilingualism is not an imposition on the citizens. The citizens can go on speaking one language or six languages, or no languages if they so choose. …

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I believe in life after death.

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The new frontier lies not beyond the planets but within each one of us.

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Americans should never underestimate the constant pressure on Canada which the mere presence of the United States has produced. We're different peopl…

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If Canada is to survive, it can only survive in mutual respect and in love for one another.

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