Ten years ago, in the aftermath of the referendum in Quebec, the very existence of Canada was on the line... I had a responsibility to ensure that Canada never again came close to the precipice.

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.

What if our common sense has been negatively influenced by our addiction to comfort?

In the time of to Augustine, the conversation in the West mostly had been a Christian reaction to outside ideas. After Augustine, the Great Conversation would be about his ideas for centuries.

They say, they own a piece of land. I say, you don’t even own your own body.

A #GIRLBOSS is someone who's in charge of her own life. She gets what she wants because she works for it.

If you count all your assets you always show a profit.

To lose an arm or a leg would be painful, but to lose the central truth of your life felt—fatal.

I will not last forever. But I am damn well going to know I have been here.

When you don't dress like everybody else, you don't have to think like everybody else.

With the story of your life, you dont get to write the whole book, just your character.

Love ranges from just fascination to something almost spiritual. In the case with my wife Barbara it just keeps growing all the time.