For my part...I am a realist but, somehow, optimism always keeps breaking out. — Pierre Trudeau Optimism Copy Share Image
In my religion I really cannot think of cases where violence is justified. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
Canada is not a country for the cold of heart or the cold of feet. — Pierre Trudeau Canada Copy Share Image
I just think you Westerners should take over this country if you are so smart. — Pierre Trudeau Canada Copy Share Image
We are in the extreme centre, the radical middle. That is our position. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
The best thing you can possibly do for a friend is to be his friend. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
I think we have to realize that Canada is not immortal; but, if it is going to go, let it go with… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
I recognize that in some cases it's more important to have freedom and justice than to have peace. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
The community of man should be treated in the same way you would treat your community of brothers or fellow citizens. — Pierre Trudeau Brother Copy Share Image
The politicians, who once stated that war was too complex to be left to the generals, now act as though peace were… — Pierre Trudeau Complexes Copy Share Image
“The Past is to be respected and acknoledged, but not to be worshiped. It is our future in which we will find… — Pierre Trudeau Respected Copy Share Image
Canada will be a strong country when Canadians of all provinces feel at home in all parts of the country, and when… — Pierre Trudeau Canada Copy Share Image
I never actually got around to taping conversations with my guests, but there are a lot of things you can learn from… — Pierre Trudeau Communication Copy Share Image
I think it's good that you test the reality that surrounds you in your neighbourhood with the reality as it is in… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government meet only to go through the tedious… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
What is considered sinful in one of the great religions to which citizens belong isn't necessarily sinful in the others. Criminal law… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
I, for one, will be convinced that the Canada we know and love will be gone forever. But, then, Thucydides wrote that… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
This is the beauty of the democratic process: it permits that subjective view of justice - which everyone holds - permits that… — Pierre Trudeau Beauty Copy Share Image
I'm sometimes impatient with young people who demonstrate at my meetings and who don't want an argument, but who just want to… — Pierre Trudeau Argument Copy Share Image
I think the sense of exclusivity that tended to be associated with religions in past times has now disappeared. At least it… — Pierre Trudeau Exclusivity Copy Share Image
The Canadian community must invest, for the defence and better appreciation of the French language, as much time, energy, and money as… — Pierre Trudeau Appreciation Copy Share Image
Americans should never underestimate the constant pressure on Canada which the mere presence of the United States has produced. We're different people… — Pierre Trudeau American identity Copy Share Image
lf there is anything that puzzles me in this game lt is that the longer that you are in the job of… — Pierre Trudeau Delegates Copy Share Image
There are a lot of bleeding hearts around who just dont like to see people with helmets and guns. All I can… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
In my formative years the people who influenced me most were the Christian existentialists, I mean men like Munier and Kierkegaard and… — Pierre Trudeau Christian Copy Share Image
Every time I have a political rally I meet some people who say, "I need a job." — Pierre Trudeau Jobs Copy Share Image
I remember thinking that walking on the beach as a free man is pretty desirable. — Pierre Trudeau Beach Copy Share Image
Canada is seen to some as a confederation of shopping centres. — Pierre Trudeau Canada Copy Share Image
In my political philosophy I think that there sometimes is room for violence. — Pierre Trudeau Crime Copy Share Image
The attainment of of a just society is the cherished hope of civilized men. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
