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 think that the history of the past hundred years has shown us that, by and large, the one linguistic group to whom separatism is being preached is not moved by the arguments which are used.

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.

I honestly don't know what they mean by a devout Catholic.

The new frontier lies not beyond the planets but within each one of us.

Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain.

I think that religions must seek peace and love and therefore be pacifist.