Stephen Harper Quotes

As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions.

There's going to be a new code on Parliament Hill: bend the rules, you will be punished; break the law, you will be charged; abuse the public trust, you will go to prison.

Carbon dioxide does not cause or contribute to smog, and the Kyoto treaty would do nothing to reduce or prevent smog.

I think people should elect a cat person. If you elect a dog person, you elect someone who wants to be loved. If you elect a cat person, you elect someone who wants to serve.

My own views on abortion, I'm not on either pole of that and neither of the interest groups on either end of this issue would probably be comfortable with my views.

But I'm very libertarian in the sense that I believe in small government and, as a general rule, I don't believe in imposing values upon people.

America, and particularly your conservative movement, is a light and an inspiration to people in this country and across the world.

You don't defend national sovereignty with flags, cheap election rhetoric, and advertising campaigns.

It's past time the feds scrapped the Canada Health Act.

There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.

I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in general. I do not share a not in my backyard approach to government spending reductions.

Everybody makes money when times are good. It's when times are not so good that the groundwork is laid for the next generation.

Whether Canada ends up as o­ne national government or two national governments or several national governments, or some other kind of arrangement is, quite frankly, secondary in my opinion...

After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It's a dogma which one is supposed to accept without question...

Canada is a Northern European welfare state in the worst sense of the term, and very proud of it.

It's all part of the pattern. This is a story of scandal and corruption, investigations, refusals to take responsibility. If this government continues in office, this will continue.

Corruption is not a Canadian value!

Canada is big enough to make a difference but not big enough to threaten anybody. And that is a huge asset if it's properly used.

Canada appears content to become a second-tier socialistic country, boasting ever more loudly about its economy and social services to mask its second-rate status.

I think because we're such a trading nation, I think Canadians understand that first and foremost we're part of the global economy.

I believe that all taxes are bad.

Make no mistake. Canada is not a bilingual country. In fact it is less bilingual today than it has ever been...

Having hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang our heads against it.

I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there is a culture of defeat that we have to overcome.

The Leader of the Opposition's constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it's the reason we did the merger! - is to make sure Canadians have an alternative for government.

On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of mass destruction.

I don't believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on abortion.

What the government has to do, if it wants to govern for any length of time, is it must appeal primarily to the third parties in the House of Commons to get them to support it.

We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters.

There is a Canadian culture that is in some ways unique to Canada, but I don't think Canadian culture coincides neatly with borders.

I have no difficulty with the recognition of civil unions for non-traditional relationships but I believe in law we should protect the traditional definition of marriage.

If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people.

I don't get into that second guessing of myself publicly.

First of all, I can't forget my first responsibility - which is to be the Leader of the Opposition and that's to provide an alternative government.

As I constantly remind Canadians, there isnt really a Canadian economy anymore. It is a global economy.

Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events. There is no upside to the position Canada took.

Don't indulge your theories, think of your children and listen to the experts.

But I've been very clear in this campaign - I don't believe the party should have a position on abortion.

I think the way to change it is to handle issues individually when it's essential to do so.

It's the government's obligation to look really to the third parties to get the support to govern.

Canada receives the news of the death of Osama Bin Laden with sober satisfaction. Sadly, others will take his place.

Universality has been severely reduced: it is virtually dead as a concept in most areas of public policy.

The world is now unipolar and contains o-nly o-ne superpower. Canada shares a continent with that superpower.

I've always been clear, I support the traditional definition of marriage.

I believe very strongly that in this world you have to have values and you have to stand up for your interests and if you don't do those things you're not going to get anywhere.

It's the idea that we just have to go along, we can't change it, things won't change. I think that's the sad part, the sad reality traditional parties have bred in parts of Atlantic Canada.

We've got to see a state where the Afghan government can handle its own day-to-day security.

Part of the reason we're all committed to coordinated stimulus is we want to stimulate the global economy. We're in a global economy, not just our national economies.p

We got into a recession because the global economy went into the recession and we're a big exporting nation.

Those of different faiths and no faith should seek areas of common agreement based on their different perspectives.