Who is it that said that 'you have not converted a man because you have silenced him?' This is true of the use of the military on people.

If you live in a society where those who govern society and determine its path do not respect freedom of speech and freedom of religion, freedom of choice, freedom of assembly, and if there is no democratic process and no way to change the order of things by reason and peace and love and so on, and if, as a result of that, certain ideas in which you believe are being crushed, then I think the only way you can defend yourself against this violence is in using violence of your own.

Sometimes you must live in a violent world in order to get greater justice.

I've been called worse things by better people.

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.

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

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.