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~ Pierre Elliott Trudeau Quotes ~
« on: July 28, 2015, 10:28:20 PM »
Pierre Elliott Trudeau Quotes


The 15th Prime Minister of Canada from 20 April 1968 to 4 June 1979, and again from 3 March 1980 to 30 June 1984. 
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, CC, CH, PC, QC, FSRC (October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000), usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from 20 April 1968 to 4 June 1979, and again from 3 March 1980 to 30 June 1984.

Here are some famous quotes by Pierre Elliott Trudeau.




Power only tires those who don't exercise it.

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Re: ~ Pierre Elliott Trudeau Quotes ~
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2015, 10:30:33 PM »
The essential ingredient of politics is timing.

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« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2015, 10:32:27 PM »
Le raison avant la passion - Reason over passion.

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« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2015, 10:33:47 PM »
There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.

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« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2015, 10:34:21 PM »
Canada is not a country for the cold of heart or the cold of feet.

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« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2015, 10:34:55 PM »
In the Conservative view you have 10 premiers and the Prime Minister as a kind of head waiter to take their orders.

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« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2015, 10:35:37 PM »
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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« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2015, 10:36:04 PM »
Living next to the United States is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast one is affected by every twitch and grunt.