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Pierre Trudeau Quotes about Country

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You just cannot cut a country in two any more than you can cut a human being in two. If you do, you do not have two human beings; you have a corpse.

You just cannot cut a country in two any more than you can cut a human being in two. If you do, you do not have two human beings; you have a corpse.

Pierre Trudeau
Country, Cutting, Two
Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Charles Bay (1978). “Pierre Elliott Trudeau”

A country, after all, is not something you build as the pharaohs built the pyramids, and then leave standing there to defy eternity. A country is something that is built every day out of certain basic shared values.

Pierre Trudeau
Country, Integrity, Pyramids
"Memoirs" by Pierre Trudeau, (Part 5, Life After Politics, p. 366), 1993.

Our hopes are high. Our faith in the people is great. Our courage is strong. And our dreams for this beautiful country will never die.

Pierre Trudeau
Beautiful, Dream, Country
Pierre Trudeau's farewell speech to the Liberal Party, June 14, 1984.

We must now establish the basic principles, the basic values and beliefs which hold us together as Canadians so that beyond our regional loyalties there is a way of life and a system of values which make us proud of the country that has given us such freedom and such immeasurable joy.

Pierre Trudeau
Loyalty, Country, Joy
Note on the poster of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 1981.

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.

Pierre Trudeau
Country, Strong, Home

I believe that Canada cannot, indeed, that Canada must not survive by force. The country will only remain united - it should only remain united - if its citizens want to live together in one civil society.

Pierre Trudeau
Country, Believe, Together
Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Charles Bay (1978). “Pierre Elliott Trudeau”

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

Pierre Trudeau
Country, Heart, Feet

I just think you Westerners should take over this country if you are so smart.

Pierre Trudeau
Country, Smart, Thinking

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

Pierre Trudeau
Baseball, Country, Humorous

Because I am a deep believer in the civil society, I think we should be prepared to pay the consequences of breaking the law and that is either paying the penalty for it, or leaving the country.

Pierre Trudeau
Country, Thinking, Law
Source: presbyterianrecord.ca

The Canadian community must invest, for the defence and better appreciation of the French language, as much time, energy, and money as are required to prevent the country from breaking up

Pierre Trudeau
Country, Appreciation, Community

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