Canadians know that our difficulties will not be resolved overnight. They are tired of politicians who pretend they will be.

For over 20 years, the federal and provincial governments have made enormous efforts employing a variety of approaches in an attempt to stimulate Montreal's economy.

For me, unemployment and poverty in the Greater Montreal area is not mainly a problem of structure, or design, or statistics. It is a profoundly human situation.

Our first Prime Minister saw a country that would be known for its generosity of spirit. And so it is.

I have always believed governments must adapt to the needs of the people, not the other way around.

I'd be prouder still to say I was Canada's 10th woman prime minister.

The election is not a time to discuss serious issues.

If you never encounter anything in your community that offends you, then you are not living in a free society.

Canadians want to see real hope restored, not false hopes raised.

I believe it is time for new leadership that is able to leave the '70s behind.

We now know that unity, the cornerstone of Canada's greatness and prosperity, is above all a matter of emotion and reason for every citizen.

Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds.

Wish for the happiness of your enemies, for if they are happy, they are your enemy no more.

Any married man should forget his mistakes - no use two people remembering the same thing.

We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. But they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go.

The most important thing is to have a good relationship with the bike... you have to understand what she wants. I think of a motorcycle as a woman, and I know that sounds silly, but it's true.

Comedy [deals] with a lot of the same areas where our defenses are the strongest - race, religion, politics, sexuality.

So passeth, in the passing of a day, Of mortall life the leafe, the bud, the flowre

He was beautiful the way an angel is beautiful - timeless, perfect, remote.

I love all the '90s kind of grunge, and I love classic rock: That's where the spectrum lies.

The only thing I oppose is persecuting of Eastern Orthodox priests and temples.