Are we allowed to sing? I imagine that at times, it might improve the tone of the debate.

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.

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

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

We ask, ‘Why the need for God?’ Maybe the better question is ‘Why the need not to need Him?’ And could it be that that question in fact evidences our need for Him?

I'd started calling my parents but only when I knew they wouldn't be home.

He pinched the remaining chapters’ pages delicately between his fingers and sighed. He always hated reaching the end of a good book.

Here is the truth: The Earth is round; Saddam Hussein did not attack us on 9/11; Elvis is dead; Obama was born in the United States; and the climate crisis is real.

Leaders need to cultivate two things: a righteous heart and a rhinoceros skin.

I had thought of writing, actually, and that later on I'd be a novelist.

For let us not underestimate the Christian: the Christian, false to the point of innocence, is far above the ape-regarding Christians, a well known theory of descent becomes a mere compliment.

I get really starstruck and tongue tied when I'm around other writers and the conversation tends not to go well.

The sole purpose of business is service. The sole purpose of advertising is explaining the service which business renders.

He who knows what best to omit is the best teacher.