Top 15 Pierre Trudeau Quotes

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

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

In reality, though, the first thing to ask of history is that it should point
out to us the paths of liberty. The great lesson to draw from revolutions is
not that they devour humanity but rather that tyranny never fails to generate
them.

Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.

I've been called worse things by better people.

The best thing you can possibly do for a friend is to be his friend.

There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.

The Past is to be respected and acknoledged, but not to be worshiped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness.

We take the position that there is no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.

I speak of a Canada where men and women of aboriginal ancestry, of French and British heritage, of the diverse cultures of the world, demonstrate the will to share this land in peace, in justice and with mutual respect.

A country, after all, is not something you build as the pharaohs built the pyramids, and then leave standing there to defy eternity. A country is something that is built every day out of certain basic shared values.

We aimed far and high, but we did not miss the mark.

I saw the charter as an expression of my long-held view that the subject of law must be the individual human being; the law must permit the individual to fulfil himself or herself to the utmost.

The federal government is the balance wheel of the federal system, and the federal system means using counterweights.

I remember thinking that walking on the beach as a free man is pretty desirable.