I look at what I have as a challenge and I could list a whole bunch of different challenges. And I choose not to be daunted by any of them.

I don't read the newspapers, I don't watch the news. I figure, if something important happens, someone will tell me.

You can't run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about gathering around extraordinary individuals and getting the best out of them.

Ultimately, being open and respectful towards each other is much more powerful as a way to diffuse hatred and anger than, you know, layering on, you know, big walls and oppressive policies.

People think that boxing is all about how hard you can hit your opponent. It's not. Boxing is about how hard a hit you can take and keep going.

I have made it clear that future candidates need to be completely understanding that they will be expected to vote pro-choice on any bills.

I was a snowboard instructor, I was a bouncer in a nightclub, I was a whitewater river guide for many years. I worked as a teacher. I make no apologies for a very varied set of life experiences.

Connecting with Canadians isn't about what you say, it's about what you're listening to. It's about what you understand.

You cannot let yourself be defined by the hopes that you will fulfill the darkest wishes of your opponents.

There's a lotta countries that do very well at dropping bombs. There are other things that Canada actually does better than most other countries. And one of them is training people on the ground.

Things fell into place and there was an opportunity for fresh leadership. And - I was - I was successful.

He strode with the weight of robbed innocence and a stolen childhood, for a life time of pain and anger, of terror and death."- Frank Balenger

Mantras are the past & the future.

Who controls the past controls the future who controls the present controls the past.

In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.

Obama is a man of first-class intellect and first-class temperament. But his character remains highly suspect.

Discipline and demand without being demeaning.

It is time for us to come together as one united people.

Then when I got to Hollywood, the first musical I did was Festival in 1977.

I just make the music, and people have the say. When I'm making songs, I never call them hits.