In my political philosophy I think that there sometimes is room for violence. Pierre Trudeau More Quotes by Pierre Trudeau More Quotes From Pierre Trudeau Canada is not a country for the cold of heart or the cold of feet. Pierre Trudeau feetheartcountry Le raison avant la passion - Reason over passion. Pierre Trudeau passionwisdomreason Perhaps the rediscovery of our humanity, and the potential of the human spirit which we have read about in legends of older civilizations, or in accounts of solitary mystics, or in tales of science fiction writers - perhaps this will constitute the true revolution of the future. The new frontier lies not beyond the planets but within each one of us. Pierre Trudeau humanitycivilizationlying It is wonderful to be despised, if, deep down, we know we are right. Pierre Trudeau deep-downknowswonderful If I found in my own ranks that a certain number of guys wanted to cut my throat, I'd make sure that I cut their throats first. Pierre Trudeau cuttingguynumbers Freedom can flow from order. That is not to say that freedom always flows from order because you can have a totalitarian order and you can have an undemocratic order from which freedom will not flow, but that surest way to destroy freedom is to have chaos. Pierre Trudeau floworderway We don't think every man should be free to pass on everything to his descendants. Pierre Trudeau shouldmenthinking lf there is anything that puzzles me in this game lt is that the longer that you are in the job of Prime Minister, the harder you have to work to do your job. With anything else, such as stenography, administering a store, or whatever done it for nine or ten years you get to know the ropes pretty well and it becomes easy and you can spend a lot of time playing golf or something. l feel that the more you know, the more you have to know and the more problems come. Pierre Trudeau governmentgamesjobs I believe that Canada cannot, indeed, that Canada must not survive by force. The country will only remain united - it should only remain united - if its citizens want to live together in one civil society. Pierre Trudeau togetherbelievecountry I recognize that in some cases it's more important to have freedom and justice than to have peace. Pierre Trudeau casesimportantjustice 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. Pierre Trudeau bangslet-it-gothinking Obviously I prefer freedom, but I know, and I think all history has told us, that freedom cannot flow from anarchy and disorder. Pierre Trudeau anarchyflowthinking I was inclined to judge the validity of a man's faith more by the depth of his roots in reality and brotherhood and love. So I felt more at home, shall we say with some Zoroastrians in the Far East, than I did with some Catholic missionaries. Pierre Trudeau homemenreality Luck, that's when preparation and opportunity meet. Pierre Trudeau fdagood-luckopportunity I think that the only ultimate guide we have is our conscience, and if the law of the land goes against our conscience I think we should disobey the law. Pierre Trudeau landlawthinking Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain. Pierre Trudeau humorousbaseballcountry Democracy demands that elected members be able to realize fully the role for which they have been chosen. Pierre Trudeau demanddemocracyroles I think it's good that you test the reality that surrounds you in your neighbourhood with the reality as it is in other parts of the world; you come up with a better judgment. I'm not meaning that literally you can only do that and not go to school at all but in terms of enrichment of a personality I think it's a fabulous thing. Pierre Trudeau realityschoolthinking I'm sure in a few years it will be unthinkable to say there were 20 years when we didn't recognize the People's Republic of China. And then we'll have to explain what the political constraints were and why it didn't happen earlier. Pierre Trudeau politicalpeopleyears Let us overthrow the totems, break the taboos. Or better, let us consider them cancelled. Coldly, let us be intelligent. Pierre Trudeau totemsintelligentbreak
