Absolute truth Quote by Pierre Trudeau

“In academic life you seek to state absolute truths; in politics you seek to accommodate truth to the facts around you.”

Pierre Trudeau

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I must say that "Give Peace a Chance" has always seemed to me to be sensible advice.

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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.

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