I'm sure in a few years it will be unthinkable to say there were 20 years when we didn't recognize the People's Republic of China. And then we'll have to explain what the political constraints were and why it didn't happen earlier.

I've always lived in a democratic society.

The churches must realize that when they take a position on a political event that they must accept the rules of the game.

lf there is anything that puzzles me in this game lt is that the longer that you are in the job of Prime Minister, the harder you have to work to do your job. With anything else, such as stenography, administering a store, or whatever done it for nine or ten years you get to know the ropes pretty well and it becomes easy and you can spend a lot of time playing golf or something. l feel that the more you know, the more you have to know and the more problems come.

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

Society must take every means at its disposal to defend itself against the emergence of a parallel power which defies the elected power.

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.