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.

As against the "invisible hand" of Adam Smith, there has to be a visible hand of politicians whose objective is to have the kind of society that is caring and humane.

When the religious principles, like the philosophical, are translated into reality, sometimes the reality forces violence on you, and there is no escape from it, and then I don't think it's something you should try to hide your face from.

I want to separate sin from crime. You may have to ask forgiveness for your sins from God, but not from the Minister of Justice. There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.

We don't think every man should be free to pass on everything to his descendants.

I don't see any easy way of disqualifying people on the basis that they decide not to work.

In my political philosophy I think that there sometimes is room for violence.