“In academic life you seek to state absolute truths in politics you seek to accommodate truth to the facts around you.”

“In Pierre Elliott Trudeau Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination.”

“Le raison avant la passion - Reason over passion.”

“Power only tires those who don't exercise it.”

“The essential ingredient of politics is timing.”

“In academic life you seek to state absolute truths in politics you seek to accommodate truth to the facts around you.”

“There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.”

“In the Conservative view you have 10 premiers and the Prime Minister as a kind of head waiter to take their orders.”

“Canada is not a country for the cold of heart or the cold of feet.”