To be frank, politics is about wanting power, getting it, exercising it, and keeping it.

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 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.

God gave me a physical defect, I've accepted that since I was a kid. When I was a kid people were laughing at me. But I accepted that because God gave me other qualities and I'm grateful.

You loved me as hard as you knew how. I'd give anything to go back and love you better...

Sacrifice is the first element of religion, and resolves itself in theological language into the love of God.

In point of fact magicians appear to have often developed into chiefs and kings.

Creationists often appeal to the facts of science to support their view, and evolutionists often appeal to philosophical assumptions from outside science.

Like everybody I have many different sides.

When I was a rapper, the groupies didn't have to try too hard with me. Just show up at the hotel.

The Son of God became incarnate in the souls of men to instill the feeling of brotherhood. All are brothers and all children of God.

I would not know what to say to you, except this: there was never a map that got it all right, and truth and beauty were never married to one another for long.

Most actors feel only one way. We're just grateful to have a job.

God would never have let us long for our friends with such a strong and holy love, if they were not waiting for us.