In academic life you seek to state absolute truths; in politics you seek to accommodate truth to the facts around you. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
I believe a constitution can permit the co-existence of several cultures and ethnic groups with a single state. — 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… — 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… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
I want to separate sin from crime. You may have to ask forgiveness for your sins from God, but not from the… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
The state has an active role to play in ensuring that there is equilibrium between the constituent parts of the economy, the… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
I can see that in certain political situations you have to use force to overthrow police states. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
Bilingualism is not an imposition on the citizens. The citizens can go on speaking one language or six languages, or no languages… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
The die is cast in Canada: there are two ethnic and linguistic groups; each is too strong and too deeply rooted in… — 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… — 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
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
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
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… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share
I think that religions must seek peace and love and therefore be pacifist. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share
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
Every time I have a political rally I meet some people who say, "I need a job." — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share
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
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
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… — 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
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
I think all of us, politicians and churchmen, should do our utmost to change the society so that there would be no need for… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share
The Canadian community must invest, for the defence and better appreciation of the French language, as much time, energy, and money as are required… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share
Perhaps the rediscovery of our humanity, and the potential of the human spirit which we have read about in legends of older civilizations, or… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share
