Quotes & Sayings About Trudeau

The community of man should be treated in the same way you would treat your community of brothers or fellow citizens. — Pierre Trudeau

In Palm Springs, they think homelessness is caused by bad divorce lawyers. — Garry Trudeau

Trudeau's contribution was not to build Canada but to destroy it, and I had to come in and save it. — Brian Mulroney

For me, I've always been Justin Trudeau, son of. All my life I've had to know I was carrying a name, and people were paying more attention to what I had to say, and I had to make a choice early on. — Justin Trudeau

Obviously, the state's responsibility should be to legislate rules for a well-ordered society. It has no right or duty to creep into the bedrooms of the nation. — Pierre Trudeau

I think we have to realize that Canada is not immortal. But if it is going to go, let it go with a bang rather than a whimper. — Pierre Trudeau

Not only was one cartoonist gunned down, but riots erupted around the world, resulting in the deaths of scores. No one could say toward what positive social end, yet free speech absolutists were unchastened. — Garry Trudeau

In the bottom right-hand corner was a decent-sized color photo of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Trudeau posing with their new acquisition. Brianna, ever photogenic, as she damned well be, emanated glamour. Carl looked rich, thin, and young, he thought, and Imelda was as baffling in print as she was in person. Was she really a work of art? Or was she just a hodgepodge of bronze and cement thrown together by some confused soul working hard to appear tortured? — John Grisham

Garry Trudeau is the only cartoonist with the clout to get his strip published large enough to accomodate extended dialogue. It's ashame. — Bill Watterson

We're asking those who have done well to do a little more for the people who need it. — Justin Trudeau

One of the challenges that Vancouver and cities across the country are facing is that we don't have a federal partner in terms of building for transit, not in the way we need. — Justin Trudeau

I think we're pretty much where we need to be on corporate taxes. — Justin Trudeau

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. — Justin Trudeau

My idea of freedom is that we should protect the rights of people to believe what their conscience dictates, but fight equally hard to protect people from having the beliefs of others imposed upon them. — Justin Trudeau

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. — Pierre Trudeau

So having a little more of an awareness of what's going on in the rest of the world I think is what many Canadians would hope for Americans. — Justin Trudeau

The Jesuits were good educators, exceptional teachers. In an era and in a society where freedom of speech was not held in high regard, of course, that the discourse be focused on what they were teaching, but we were able to go beyond this framework without incurring too great a risk. — Pierre Trudeau

Garry Trudeau put me in the Doonesbury strip many years ago. So I've been a cartoon once. — Steve Cropper

The die is cast in Canada: there are two ethnic and linguistic groups; each is too strong and too deeply rooted in the past, too firmly bound to a mother culture, to be able to swamp the other. But if the two will collaborate inside of a truly pluralist state, Canada could become a privileged place where the federalist form of government, which is the government of tomorrow's world, will be perfected. — Pierre Trudeau

The systematic dismantling of reproductive rights, much like the takedown of collective bargaining, has been taking place in full view. — Garry Trudeau

The attainment of of a just society is the cherished hope of civilized men. — Pierre Trudeau

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

There is no such thing as a model or ideal Canadian. What could be more absurd than the concept of an "all Canadian" boy or girl? A society which emphasizes uniformity is one which creates intolerance and hate. — Pierre Trudeau

Life is like a movie-since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it. — Garry Trudeau

What is considered sinful in one of the great religions to which citizens belong isn't necessarily sinful in the others. Criminal law therefore cannot be based on the notion of sin; it is crimes that it must define. — Pierre Trudeau

There's always been some concern that adult subject matter should be quarantined from a page that attracts children. Unlike late at night, when 'South Park' and 'Colbert' are on, impressionable minds are wide awake when the newspaper arrives. — Garry Trudeau

I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence. — Garry Trudeau

The next time you see Jesus Christ, ask Him what happened to the just society He promised 2,000 years ago. — Pierre Trudeau

I have a very difficult, high-pressured job. Everyone knows how challenging it is to balance family responsibilities with a job that takes me across the country and working extremely hard. — Justin Trudeau

Canada is seen to some as a confederation of shopping centres. — Pierre Trudeau

Harvard was an extraordinary window on the world. — Pierre Trudeau

Any time you bring sexuality into the comics pages, you have to brace for pushback. — Garry Trudeau

I think Canadians are tired of politicians that are spun and scripted within an inch of their life, people who are too afraid of what a focus group might say about one comment or a political opponent might try to twist out of context, to actually say much of anything at all. — Justin Trudeau

I use logic all the time in mathematics, and it seems to yield "correct" results, but in mathematics "correct" by and large means "logical", so I'm back where I started. I can't defend logic because I can't remove my glasses. — Richard J. Trudeau

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. — Justin Trudeau

I was too busy doing my job and living my life to spend time keeping notes for some future volume of memoirs. — Pierre Trudeau

I sort of locked into the idea that if I could be the perfect son to both of my parents, well maybe that would be enough to keep them together. And ultimately, obviously, it wasn't. Regardless of what I tried to do. That was a lesson about limitations. — Justin Trudeau

I've been getting pulled from newspapers for my entire career. — Garry Trudeau

Satire is a form of social control, it's what you do. It's not personal. It's a job. — Garry Trudeau

Nobody knows better than I do what the pressures of party leadership can do to a young family. It tore mine apart. — Justin Trudeau

Ours was not a normal or easy life. — Justin Trudeau

The federal government's role is to establish a process whereby industry can pitch a project, and Canadians can be reassured that this project is worth the risk. That's at the heart of governments granting permits and communities granting permission. People understand we do need economic growth. We do need natural resource projects. — Justin Trudeau

America: the only country in the world where failing to promote yourself is regarded as being arrogant. — Garry Trudeau

I trust Canadians to be able to look at the different parties, the different leaders, the plans, the teams, and make a responsible choice. And I'm very, very confident that's exactly what Canadians are going to do. — Justin Trudeau

I would have to point out in the strongest terms the autocracy of the Liberal structure and the cowardice of its members. I have never seen in all my examination of politics so degrading a spectacle as that of all these Liberals turning their coats in unison with their Chief, when they saw the chance to take power. — Pierre Trudeau

I am, as many people are, inspired by Jack Layton's legacy and the way that he approached politics, — Justin Trudeau

Once a week, I am a very desperate man. — Garry Trudeau

Most people have no idea how good their body is designed to feel. — Kevin Trudeau

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

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

You can't be Canadian without being aware of at least one other country, the United States, 'cause it's so important to us. I think we sometimes like to think that, you know, Americans will pay attention to us from time to time, too. — Justin Trudeau

Humor can inform and break down stigma, which is a huge issue in the military. — Garry Trudeau

That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings. — Garry Trudeau

It's important that people understand who I am and where I come from and not just have it shaped by purely political discourse. — Justin Trudeau

For the most part, editors no longer view 'Doonesbury' as a rolling provocation, which is fine by me. It makes no sense to intentionally antagonize the very people on whose support you most depend. — Garry Trudeau

If we wander around as politicians jumping at every shadow and desperately afraid of having our words taken out of context or attacks layered on in an unfair way, I think we're actually doing a disrespect to Canadians, to people's intelligence. — Justin Trudeau

Every time, every time a tourist or an immigrant or a refugee shows up in another country there's a security risk. — Justin Trudeau

Americans should never underestimate the constant pressure on Canada which the mere presence of the United States has produced. We're different people from you and we're different people because of you. 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 effected by every twitch and grunt. It should not therefore be expected that this kind of nation, this Canada, should project itself as a mirror image of the United States. — Pierre Trudeau

I'm a pointillist, just working my tiny little piece of the canvas. I'm not so good at perspective. — Garry Trudeau

Coming up with ideas is really hard - they don't spontaneously pop into my head while I'm cutting vegetables. — Garry Trudeau

At some point free expression absolutism becomes childish and unserious. — Garry Trudeau

I think Canadians want to get a feel for the people who will serve them ... and, for me, I think that Canadians will trust people who trust them. — Justin Trudeau

[Richard Bedford Bennett] was the richest Prime Minister and the only millionaire to hold office before Pierre Trudeau. His money obviously colored his thinking
colored it true blue
but he did not consider it a political drawback. No leader, he said, could serve the public properly if he was constantly looking over his shoulder at the shadow of debts. This theory is now widely accepted in the United States where it has become practically impossible for a non-millionaire to run for high office without selling pieces of himself like a prize-fighter. Yet the public still suspects a self-made millionaire like Lyndon Johnson while revering the much-richer John F. Kennedy, who got it all from his father. — Gordon Donaldson

I am a teacher. It's how I define myself. A good teacher isn't someone who gives the answers out to their kids but is understanding of needs and challenges and gives tools to help other people succeed. That's the way I see myself, so whatever it is that I will do eventually after politics, it'll have to do a lot with teaching. — Justin Trudeau

At one point, people are going to have to realize that maybe I know what I'm doing. — Justin Trudeau

People still think there's sort of a debate around the Charter that politicos go into. And I get wrapped up in it, too, from time to time. — Justin Trudeau

Can I actually make a difference? Can I get people to believe in politics once again? Can I get people to accept more complex answers to complex questions? I know I can. I know that's what I do very well. — Justin Trudeau

I just think you Westerners should take over this country if you are so smart. — Pierre Trudeau

The state has an active role to play in ensuring that there is equilibrium between the constituent parts of the economy, the consumers and the producers. — Pierre Trudeau

Many immigrant families I met in Papineau brought with them lingering animosities from their country of origin, but they accepted that Canada was a place where people come to escape old-world feuds, not to nurture them. So what does multiculturalism mean to these people - and to me? It means a presumption that society will accommodate forms of cultural expression that do not violate our society's core values. These include the right of a Jew to wear his kippa, a Sikh to wear his turban, a Muslim to wear her headscarf, or a Christian to wear a cross pendant. — Justin Trudeau

I was a high-school teacher. I am a strong advocate for women's rights, and I'm not a woman. — Justin Trudeau

What shall we do about the Abortion Bill?" A: "Pay it! — Pierre Trudeau

I believe a constitution can permit the co-existence of several cultures and ethnic groups with a single state. — Pierre Trudeau

I know that a prime minister of Canada needs to be deeply respectful of the other levels of government - whether it be municipal, provincial, or even nation-to-nation relationships with aboriginal governments. — Justin Trudeau

Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds. — Garry Trudeau

The politicians, who once stated that war was too complex to be left to the generals, now act as though peace were too complex to be left to themselves. — Pierre Trudeau

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

We need the middle class to feel more confident about its prospects and about its future. We need to cut down on this anxiety that sees some people succeeding and the majority struggling - having to make choices between paying for their kids' education or saving for their own retirement. — Justin Trudeau

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. — Pierre Trudeau

When they are 50 yards from Parliament Hill, they are no longer honourable members, they are just nobodies. — Pierre Trudeau

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. — Justin Trudeau

The new frontier lies not beyond the planets but within each one of us. — Pierre Trudeau

Our child benefit goes directly to the families who need it the most. — Justin Trudeau

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

The Canadian community must invest, for the defence and better
appreciation of the French language, as much time, energy, and money as
are required to prevent the country from breaking up — Pierre Trudeau

Their approach is to exploit divisions rather than bridge them. Perhaps that's an effective political strategy, but it's lousy way to govern a country, especially one as diverse as ours. Once you've divided people against one another - East against West, urban against rural, Quebec against the rest of Canada - so you can win an election, it's very hard to pull them back together again to solve our shared problems. — Justin Trudeau

I think growing an economy is a good way to help with a deficit, but ultimately, it's about fiscal discipline and responsible spending - and smart decisions. — Justin Trudeau

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

When I get out across the country and listen to people, the resentment that I see and the frustration that I see is that we have a generation of people who are fairly convinced that their kids are not going to have a better quality of life or a better future than they will. — Justin Trudeau

My father raised us to step toward trouble rather than to step away from it. — Justin Trudeau

Canada regards herself as responsible to all mankind for the peculiar ecological balance that now exists so precariously in the water, ice and land areas of the Arctic archipelago. We do not doubt for a moment that the rest of the world would find us at fault, and hold us liable, should we fail to ensure adequate protection of that environment from pollution or artificial deterioration. — Pierre Trudeau

I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing. — Garry Trudeau

Cows given genetically modified growth hormones make more milk, but have painful swollen udders, have ulcers, joint pain, miscarriages, deformed calves, infertility, and much shorter life spans. Their milk contains blood, pus, tranquilizers, antibiotics, and an insulin growth factor that can cause a fourfold increase in prostate cancer and sevenfold rise in breast cancer. This is the milk used in our school lunch programs and served to our children. This is the milk that you buy every day. This is the milk used in all cheeses, yogurts, butter, and cream. — Kevin Trudeau

Canada is not a country for the cold of heart or the cold of feet. — Pierre Trudeau

In their heyday, comics were a dominant force in popular culture, but that's over. — Garry Trudeau

Who cares about winning? We should focus on serving. — Justin Trudeau

Any decision made by my father was the result of a process that had involved many voices and which sometimes had taken weeks or months. — Justin Trudeau

If I found in my own ranks that a certain number of guys wanted to cut my throat, I'd make sure that I cut their throats first. — Pierre Trudeau

I'm actually not in favour of decriminalizing cannabis
I'm in favour of legalizing it. Tax and regulate. It's one of the only ways to keep it out of the hands of our kids because the current war on drugs, the current model isn't working, — Justin Trudeau

The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation. — Pierre Trudeau