Over the years, I have seen too many politicians ruin their careers because they could not accept defeat graciously.

A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven.

Pierre Trudeau dreamed of a society that afforded all of its citizens an equal opportunity to succeed in life - whatever their background or beliefs, whether rich or poor.

To be frank, politics is about wanting power, getting it, exercising it, and keeping it.

To my mind losing is always better than never trying, because you can never tell what may happen.

Canadian federalism is more than a form of government. It's also a system of values that allows different people in diverse communities to live and work together in harmony for the good of all.

The art of politics is learning to walk with your back to the wall, your elbows high, and a smile on your face. It's a survival game played under the glare of lights.

Economics has been called the dismal science. Once you get to understand it, you may not find it so dismal, but you don't find it much of a science either.

Good intentions are not an excuse for maladministration of this magnitude.

There will be no silence from Canada. Our friendship has no limit. Generation after generation we have traveled many difficult miles together side by side.

A leader has to know how the system functions - not just the system of government but the whole social and economic system, including business, the unions, and the universities.

The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.

I had always been warned that American didn't always get sarcasm

And seeing ignorance is the curse of God Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

Time flies. It's up to you to be the navigator.

Women have a favorite room, men a favorite chair.

If there's no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money.

Being brave doesn't mean you aren't scared. Being brave means you are scared, really scared, badly scared, and you do the right thing anyway.

There is no more worthy, more glorious or more potent work, than to work with light.

The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.