Politics matters. Ideas matter. Democracy matters, because all of us need to be able to make a difference.

Cherish every moment with those you love at every stage of your journey.

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.

The responsibility of a minister is to step aside when there is a criminal investigation of the department. That protects the propriety of Parliament and of responsible government.

Remember our proud history of social justice, universal health care, public pensions and making sure no one is left behind. Let's continue to move forward.

I don't know why we'd need so many more prisons when the crooks seem so happy in the Senate.

Canada is a great country, one of the hopes of the world.

Always have a dream that will outlast your lifetime.

Hope and optimism have defined my political career, and I continue to be hopeful and optimistic about Canada. Young people have been a great source of inspiration for me.

So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.

We want to challenge the established ideas with new ideas.

The parties with the most gain never show up on the battlefield.

You could have agreed to disagree, ” Megan argued. “Then you could kiss and make up. That could be fun.

Dreaming's great as long as you wake up now and again

Each of us by our daily acts of peace and our commitment to building a better world can inspire others and help create a groundswell for peace too powerful to be turned aside.

His golden locks Time hath to silver turned, O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing! His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing.

The truly frightening flaw in humanity is our capacity for cruelty - we all have it.

Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.

There's nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.

I believe in serendipity, but I also believe there are times when you have to be the one who lines up everything so it can fall into place.

And why, by the way, did it take Arabs to do what people here should have done a long time ago?