The past is to be respected and acknowledged, but not to be worshipped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness.

I believe military force can be used to redress or change the balance of power in the world, but I think that that's always a losing operation if you're not trying to do it in a way which corresponds to the basic desires of the people on whom you are acting.

Every time I have a political rally I meet some people who say, "I need a job."

Canada will be a strong country when Canadians of all provinces feel at home in all parts of the country, and when they feel that all Canada belongs to them.

You know you have a lot of impatience with reality as you see it when you're a young man and full of dynamism and strength and ideals and so on.

Luck, that's when preparation and opportunity meet.

We wish nothing more, but we will accept nothing less. Masters in our own house we must be, but our house is the whole of Canada.