To defeat evil, we may have to traffic in evils: indefinite detention of suspects, coercive interrogations, targeted assassinations, even pre-emptive war.

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We must not lose sight of the fundamental issue of policy which is that people who come to the country on visa status must never be abused.

Public service does not necessarily mean service in the House of Commons, and public service is not synonymous with partisan political activity. It comes in a thousand colours, but the common denominator is: it's not about me - it's about we.

How do you keep war accountable to the American people when war becomes invisible and virtual?

There are lots of nations in the world or national peoples who don't yet have states. They're inside someone else's state and they want a state of their own.

Liberals don't want any part of Canada left behind. I used to give speeches on and on and on about the fact that we don't want to have a country where you think, "my kids have got to move to the city if they're going to have any kind of future." We've been saying that, and we've not got through.