I am the first prime minister of this country of neither English nor French origin. So I determined to bring about a Canadian citizenship that knew no hyphenated consideration....I'm very happy to be able to say that in the House of Commons today in my party we have members of Italian, Dutch, German, Scandinavian, Chinese and Ukrainian origin and they are all Canadians.

The Liberals are the flying saucers of politics. No one can make head nor tail of them and they never are seen twice in the same place.

I am not anti-American. But I am strongly pro-Canadian.

I've got all of my enemies here in the Cabinet where I can keep an eye on them.

What is the difference between a cactus and a conservative caucus? On a cactus, the pricks are on the outside.

Freedom includes the right to say what others may object to and resent... The essence of citizenship is to be tolerant of strong and provocative words.

In Pierre Trudeau, Canada has finally produced a Prime Minister worthy of assassination.