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Pierre Trudeau Quotes: In academic life you seek to state absolute truths; in politics you seek to accommodate truth to the facts around you.
         

In academic life you seek to state absolute truths; in politics you seek to accommodate truth to the facts around you.


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The past is to be respected and acknowledged, but not to be worshipped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness.

The past is to be respected and acknowledged, but not to be worshipped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness.



If Canada is to survive, it can only survive in mutual respect and in love for one another.

If Canada is to survive, it can only survive in mutual respect and in love for one another.



Our hopes are high. Our faith in the people is great. Our courage is strong. And our dreams for this beautiful country will never die.

Our hopes are high. Our faith in the people is great. Our courage is strong. And our dreams for this beautiful country will never die.



The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.

The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.



You just cannot cut a country in two any more than you can cut a human being in two. If you do, you do not have two human beings; you have a corpse.

You just cannot cut a country in two any more than you can cut a human being in two. If you do, you do not have two human beings; you have a corpse.



I've been called worse things by better people.

I've been called worse things by better people.



Let us overthrow the totems, break the taboos. Or better, let us consider them cancelled. Coldly, let us be intelligent.

Let us overthrow the totems, break the taboos. Or better, let us consider them cancelled. Coldly, let us be intelligent.



I will use all my strength to bring about a just society to a nation living in a tough world.

I will use all my strength to bring about a just society to a nation living in a tough world.



Well, I am trying to put Quebec in its place - and the place of Quebec is in Canada, nowhere else.

Well, I am trying to put Quebec in its place - and the place of Quebec is in Canada, nowhere else.



Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain.

Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain.





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To forgive freely, is what we owe to our enemy; to forget not, is what we owe to ourselves.



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I am unwilling to be wholly good—and please don't regard me as wholly evil!



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The challenge of our generation, whether it's young lawyers, young investment bankers, is to make capitalism work for people not just around the corner, but for people all around the world.



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No fashion has ever been created expressly for the lean purse or for the fat woman: the dressmaker's ideal is the thin millionaires.



I think it puts baseball back on the map as a sport. It's America's pastime and just look at everyone coming out to the ballpark. It has been an exciting year.

I think it puts baseball back on the map as a sport. It's America's pastime and just look at everyone coming out to the ballpark. It has been an exciting year.



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I love draping; it's less about proportion than fit and the fabric. It's very specialized and I think when women see the construction, they respond to it immediately.



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Then I did one fight scene, and they said it looked good. Because I did it well enough, they've given me more.



If you believe in yourself and have passion, you can succeed.

If you believe in yourself and have passion, you can succeed.




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