There are all kinds of different forms of public service, but there's no form of public service that can make more difference for more people than partisan political activity.

The party's got to see itself as being one public service organization in a very competitive field, all of whom are competing for the allegiance and commitment and brains of the next generation. They've got to be big enough to reach out to those groups and say "come on in."

One of the biggest divides in Canada - I said it in 2006, and I said it right through my political career - is urban-rural. Lots of parts of this country feel entirely left behind. And they're mobilized by, you know, the gun control issue.

If I am not elected, I imagine that I will ask Harvard to let me back.

Living fearlessly is not the same as never being afraid. It's good to be afraid occasionally. Fear is a great teacher.

...our species is one, and each of the individuals who compose it are entitled to equal moral consideration.

I'm very struck by what you can do in a classroom. I've got 200 students. You don't do partisan politics in a classroom, that's not appropriate. But you want to give them a strong sense that these are the issues that matter.