I feel guilty about spending so much time away from home and loved ones.

I find happiness comes from numerous sources in my life. Most often, the happy moments I cherish most are quiet moments with my wife and family back home in Nova Scotia.

I was a crown attorney in my home town in Nova Scotia, and I learned that victims of crime needed better laws to better protect them. I saw politics as a means to improve this protection for them.

My gut tells me and continues to tell me that the Conservative party is on a road back to government.

Happy the society whose deepest divisions are ones of style.

It's not as if our party has a leadership campaign underway.

I've been called treacherous, stupid, venal, lazy ..and that's only by the Tories.

You can't have a discussion about Israel and the region without including Iran and their nuclear ambitions.

There is no more dangerous country in the world today than Pakistan.

We have to be focused on growing the party and getting young people to see us as a viable option.

I don't think we're ever going to be in a position where we can say this is the template, this is the checklist, that must be met [for intervention].

No one can tell, when two people walk closely together, what unconscious communication one mind may have with another

Love, not balance, brings enlightenment

Beer does not satisfy magic, however. So the magic ordered a round of Harvey Wallbangers. But it takes more than vodka to fuel magic. It takes risks. It takes EXTREMES.

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.

As far as the anxiety, I have no idea about it. I don't feel like I have any nervousness out there. I'm just a guy who really cares about being competitive and that's the bottom line.

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.

The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there is some excellent and eternal Being, who deserves the respect and homage of men

If you're a progressive, if you're driving a Prius, or you're shopping green or you're looking for organic, you should probably be a semi-vegetarian.

I want to be the best I can be no matter what the circumstances. That’s how I was raised.

Your mid-thirties is a good time because you know a fair amount, you have some self-control.