Pierre Trudeau
Pierre Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau PC CC CH QC FRSC, usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was a Canadian politician who served as the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968, to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980, to June 30, 1984...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 October 1919
CityMontreal, Canada
CountryCanada
philosophy past important
Liberalism is the philosophy for our time, because it does not try to conserve every tradition of the past, because it does not apply to new problems the old doctrinaire solutions, because it is prepared to experiment and innovate and because it knows that the past is less important than the future.
mother strong past
The die is cast in Canada: there are two ethnic and linguistic groups; each is too strong and too deeply rooted in the past, too firmly bound to a mother culture, to be able to swamp the other. But if the two will collaborate inside of a truly pluralist state, Canada could become a privileged place where the federalist form of government, which is the government of tomorrow's world, will be perfected.
past greatness our-future
The past is to be respected and acknowledged, but not worshipped; it is our future in which we will find our greatness.
ice land water
Canada regards herself as responsible to all mankind for the peculiar ecological balance that now exists so precariously in the water, ice and land areas of the Arctic archipelago. We do not doubt for a moment that the rest of the world would find us at fault, and hold us liable, should we fail to ensure adequate protection of that environment from pollution or artificial deterioration.
yards hills members
When they are 50 yards from Parliament Hill, they are no longer honourable members, they are just nobodies.
political abortion bills
What shall we do about the Abortion Bill?" A: "Pay it!
world window harvard
Harvard was an extraordinary window on the world.
play roles economy
The state has an active role to play in ensuring that there is equilibrium between the constituent parts of the economy, the consumers and the producers.
giving advice chance
I must say that "Give Peace a Chance" has always seemed to me to be sensible advice.
home heart destiny
I walked until midnight in the storm, then I went home and took a sauna for an hour and a half. It was all clear. I listened to my heart and saw if there were any signs of my destiny in the sky, and there were none — there were just snowflakes.
greatness thinking forever
I, for one, will be convinced that the Canada we know and love will be gone forever. But, then, Thucydides wrote that Themistocles' greatness lay in the fact that he realized Athens was not immortal. I think we have to realize that Canada is not immortal; but, if it is going to go, let it go with a bang rather than a whimper.
believe culture groups
I believe a constitution can permit the co-existence of several cultures and ethnic groups with a single state.
france libre
Vive la France libre.
country appreciation community
The Canadian community must invest, for the defence and better appreciation of the French language, as much time, energy, and money as are required to prevent the country from breaking up