I remember thinking that walking on the beach as a free man is pretty desirable. — Pierre Trudeau Beach 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
Who is it that said that 'you have not converted a man because you have silenced him?' This is true of the… — Pierre Trudeau Men Copy Share Image
We wish nothing more, but we will accept nothing less. Masters in our own house we must be, but our house is… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
If Canada is to survive, it can only survive in mutual respect and in love for one another. — Pierre Trudeau Canada 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
I was too busy doing my job and living my life to spend time keeping notes for some future volume of memoirs. — 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
I'm impatient not with the House of Commons as an institution, but with the way in which it is operated. This doesn't… — 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… — Pierre Trudeau 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
I think that the history of the past hundred years has shown us that, by and large, the one linguistic group to… — Pierre Trudeau Argument Copy Share Image
I was shaken to the extent that people who criticized me used to say that I was Protestant more than a Catholic… — Pierre Trudeau Catholic Copy Share Image
“I speak of a Canada where men and women of aboriginal ancestry, of French and British heritage, of the diverse cultures of… — Pierre Trudeau Culture Copy Share Image
I walked until midnight in the storm, then I went home and took a sauna for an hour and a half. It… — 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 Bilingualism 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
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
I do object to the sensationalism or even the voyeurism of doing things in church or out of church. — Pierre Trudeau Church 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
In academic life you seek to state absolute truths; in politics you seek to accommodate truth to the facts around you. — Pierre Trudeau Absolute truth Copy Share Image
I must say that "Give Peace a Chance" has always seemed to me to be sensible advice. — Pierre Trudeau Advice Copy Share Image
I will use all my strength to bring about a just society to a nation living in a tough world. — Pierre Trudeau Equality 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 Adults Copy Share Image
Obviously I prefer freedom, but I know, and I think all history has told us, that freedom cannot flow from anarchy and… — Pierre Trudeau Anarchy Copy Share Image
You just cannot cut a country in two any more than you can cut a human being in two. If you do,… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
Democracy demands that elected members be able to realize fully the role for which they have been chosen. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
I think all of us, politicians and churchmen, should do our utmost to change the society so that there would be no… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
The most beautiful missionaries I saw were those who talked less about religion but who were very generous in their approach. — Pierre Trudeau Approach 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
Quebec can make french the only official language is spite of the constitution. Pierre Trudeau 1967 — Pierre Trudeau Quebec Copy Share Image
You know you have a lot of impatience with reality as you see it when you're a young man and full of… — Pierre Trudeau Dynamism Copy Share Image
The next time you see Jesus Christ, ask Him what happened to the just society He promised 2,000 years ago. — 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… — 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… — Pierre Trudeau Chaos 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 Asking for forgiveness Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a model or ideal Canadian. What could be more absurd than the concept of an "all… — Pierre Trudeau Absurd Copy Share Image
