Vision is not political rhetoric.

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.

Know who you are, and be it. Know what you want, and go out and get it!

Forgive because it makes you feel good.

We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields.

The Greater Soul moves in only one direction, and that is to bring into union that which has been made separate.

Here lies the body of my good horse, The General. For years he bore me around the circuit of my practice and all that time he never made a blunder. Would that his master could say the same.

In fact, since no one's been interested in my work, I took the responsibility recently to invest in my own work, so I'm producing a concert that was done at the Vision Festival in May.

I don't need arms, and neither does anyone else... At the very least, a ban would prevent fights from turning deadly.

Only a burning patience will lead to the attainment of a splendid happiness.

I am an underwater explorer, not a treasure hunter.

Part of my gradual education of myself has been to think that there is a deep relationship between the nature of the creature and the worth of the art.