Trudeau Quotes

“My idea of freedom is that we should protect the rights of people to believe what their conscience dictates, but fight equally hard to protect people from having the beliefs of others imposed upon them.”

“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.”

“A very powerful mechanism to get elected is to play on anger and pick those wedge issues.”

“I think people understand that if you're going to have a successful economy, you need people's potential to be realized. That means education. It means university education, sure, but it also means training, apprenticeships and various kinds of skills diplomas that we know are necessary.”

“I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government meet only to go through the tedious motions of reading speeches, drafted by others, with the principal objective of not rocking the boat.”

“Promising something that seems popular at the time that you know you're never going to deliver - that's the kind of cynical politics that I don't want any part of.”

“The essential ingredient of politics is timing.”

“Can I actually make a difference? Can I get people to believe in politics once again? Can I get people to accept more complex answers to complex questions? I know I can. I know that's what I do very well.”

“I think Canadians want to get a feel for the people who will serve them... and, for me, I think that Canadians will trust people who trust them.”