I'm impatient not with the House of Commons as an institution, but with the way in which it is operated. This doesn't prove I don't believe in participatory democracy. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
Liberalism is the philosophy for our time, because it does not try to conserve every tradition of the past, because it does not apply… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
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… — 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
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 under the good influences of their churches that they are a tolerant people, an understanding and patient people, so that there has been little backlash against the excesses which have happened over the decades in French… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share
I think that religions must seek peace and love and therefore be pacifist. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
Freedom can flow from order. That is not to say that freedom always flows from order because you can have a totalitarian order and… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
Every time I have a political rally I meet some people who say, "I need a job." — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
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… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
The Jesuits were good educators, exceptional teachers. In an era and in a society where freedom of speech was not held in high regard,… — Pierre Trudeau 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 from you and we're different people because of you. Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share
I must say that "Give Peace a Chance" has always seemed to me to be sensible advice. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
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. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
