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> [I was shaken to the extent that people who criticized me used to say that I was Protestant more than a Catholic because I like to impose constraints on myself, but I don't like them to be imposed from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-trudeau/i-was-shaken-to-the-extent-that-people-who-criticized-me-used-to-say/)

[Pierre Trudeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-trudeau/)

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> [I'm sure in a few years it will be unthinkable to say there were 20 years when we didn't recognize the People's Republic of China. And then we'll have to explain what the political constraints were and why it didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-trudeau/i-m-sure-in-a-few-years-it-will-be-unthinkable-to-say-there-were-20/)

[Pierre Trudeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-trudeau/)

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## Other authors on Constraints

## More by Pierre Trudeau

> [Liberalism is the philosophy for our time, because it does not try to conserve every tradition of the past, because it does not apply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-trudeau/liberalism-is-the-philosophy-for-our-time-because-it-does-not-try-to/)

[Pierre Trudeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-trudeau/)

> [Obviously, the state's responsibility should be to legislate rules for a well-ordered society. It has no right or duty to creep into the bedrooms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-trudeau/obviously-the-state-s-responsibility-should-be-to-legislate-rules-for/)

[Pierre Trudeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-trudeau/)

> [Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-trudeau/canada-is-a-country-whose-main-exports-are-hockey-players-and-cold/)

[Pierre Trudeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-trudeau/)

> [In specific terms I don't think I could make any suggestions, but in general terms I believe that it is because Canadians have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-trudeau/in-specific-terms-i-don-t-think-i-could-make-any-suggestions-but-in/)

[Pierre Trudeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-trudeau/)

> [I think that religions must seek peace and love and therefore be pacifist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-trudeau/i-think-that-religions-must-seek-peace-and-love-and-therefore-be/)

[Pierre Trudeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-trudeau/)

> [Freedom can flow from order. That is not to say that freedom always flows from order because you can have a totalitarian order and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-trudeau/freedom-can-flow-from-order-that-is-not-to-say-that-freedom-always/)

[Pierre Trudeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-trudeau/)

> [Every time I have a political rally I meet some people who say, "I need a job."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-trudeau/every-time-i-have-a-political-rally-i-meet-some-people-who-say-i-need/)

[Pierre Trudeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-trudeau/)

> [I'm far from believing that we've solved the problem of violence in the 20th century and that's why I'm not discouraged that we still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-trudeau/i-m-far-from-believing-that-we-ve-solved-the-problem-of-violence-in/)

[Pierre Trudeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-trudeau/)

> [The Jesuits were good educators, exceptional teachers. In an era and in a society where freedom of speech was not held in high regard,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-trudeau/the-jesuits-were-good-educators-exceptional-teachers-in-an-era-and-in/)

[Pierre Trudeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-trudeau/)

> [Americans should never underestimate the constant pressure on Canada which the mere presence of the United States has produced. We're different people from you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-trudeau/americans-should-never-underestimate-the-constant-pressure-on-canada/)

[Pierre Trudeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-trudeau/)

> [I must say that "Give Peace a Chance" has always seemed to me to be sensible advice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-trudeau/i-must-say-that-give-peace-a-chance-has-always-seemed-to-me-to-be/)

[Pierre Trudeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-trudeau/)

> [There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation. What's done in private between adults doesn't concern the Criminal Code.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-trudeau/there-s-no-place-for-the-state-in-the-bedrooms-of-the-nation-what-s/)

[Pierre Trudeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-trudeau/)

> [I think all of us, politicians and churchmen, should do our utmost to change the society so that there would be no need for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-trudeau/i-think-all-of-us-politicians-and-churchmen-should-do-our-utmost-to/)

[Pierre Trudeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-trudeau/)

> [The Canadian community must invest, for the defence and better appreciation of the French language, as much time, energy, and money as are required…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-trudeau/the-canadian-community-must-invest-for-the-defence-and-better/)

[Pierre Trudeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-trudeau/)

> [Perhaps the rediscovery of our humanity, and the potential of the human spirit which we have read about in legends of older civilizations, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-trudeau/perhaps-the-rediscovery-of-our-humanity-and-the-potential-of-the/)

[Pierre Trudeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-trudeau/)

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