Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Jagmeet Singh - Page 2

I want to become prime minister.

While people might talk about the divisions in this country, what I've seen is that across this country, we share so much in common, we share so many values, we want to take care of one another - that's what it means to be Canadian.

There is an ancient tradition of how to tie the topknot that gets passed down from parent to child. In my case, my mom taught me it. So this is a tradition, and not all Sikhs know it actually.

While I was in university, my father became very ill and my father was unable to work. We needed to pay the bills, so in my 20s I became the sole income earner in my family.

A beard and a turban sometimes conjure up negative associations, but if you see someone with a lime-colored, bright orange or pink turban, it disarms people's stereotyped notion of this image.

Indigenous communities have suffered horribly as a result of residential schools.

We're a trading nation. We need to have trade, we rely on it, a vast proportion of our jobs in our country rely on trade agreements.

In difficult economic times, I'm firmly opposed to austerity.

We're gonna work hard to make sure young people have a future that's filled with hope. That's right. We want young people to be filled with hope.

My parents were loving, caring, generous and thoughtful.

The ability to become more accessible, to spread a message further, and to share stories at a faster rate are great things to come from social media. As politicians, we have another platform with which we can reach people but also listen to them.

We want to help Canadians be able to get a home that they can afford.

I came from a tradition of demonstrations and protests, and I really believe in them. I think they are powerful ways of bring people together, to organize, to raise awareness, and most importantly to empower people.

If you need medication in our country, we want to make sure you use your health card, not your credit card. That means a national publicly delivered single payer pharmacare for all.

British Columbia's got one of the most ambitious climate change plans in North America.

That's the thing about abuse - it can make the victim feel an overwhelming sense of shame, a shame so disabling that one suffers in silence.

If we have an agreement with a country like Mexico, that doesn't support or protect the rights of workers, that doesn't have the same environmental regulations, how can Canadians ever compete with that jurisdiction?

To publicly shame and attack someone who's been found to be harassed, to intimidate someone who's found to already have been harassed is unacceptable.

We don't want to be intimidated by hate, we don't want hatred to ruin a positive event.

Terrorism is perpetrated by individuals and cannot be blamed on any one religion, be it Sikhism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, or Christianity.

I want people to dream big.

We're going to fight a Conservative government, we're going to fight it all the way. We're ready to do whatever it takes.

I was a little bit of a precocious kid, in the sense I loved reading, and I loved health and - my dad being a doctor - I really wanted to learn more about how the body worked.

I have been asked about terrorism many times, and each time I speak as clearly as I can.

Like many others who stand out, I was picked on.

Questions regarding the future of India are not for me to decide. I am not a citizen of India or an Indian politician.

There's no excuse in 2019, with the wealth we have as a nation, with the technology we have as a country, that we cannot clean this water, ensure that all communities have clean drinking water.

In the Sikh tradition there is no prohibition of showing your hair. It's not that hair cannot be seen. It's an identity, as opposed to having to cover your hair.

I am hoping that by breaking barriers myself, I can inspire a whole new generation of people to think 'you know what, maybe I can, not just run a country, maybe I could start a company, maybe I could do something in my own local community to make a positive change.'

I believe that if we are able to, obviously we need to ensure that we have a robust budget that's balanced, but there's no way I would ever accept austerity.

Well, the federal government has a responsibility to provide leadership in bringing together provinces.

I hope that I can find the common thread that connects us all and say: We can build a better Canada together.

I am proud of the work that I have done in the Sikh community and across Canada.

I feel like this idea of strategic voting has not allowed people to dream big.

Sikhs were considered the champions of fairness, uplifting people, protecting and defending human rights. Defending equality. So when someone sees a Sikh, the turban identifies a person who's going to stand up for rights, even if you disagree with them. The turban is supposed to be a beacon. That someone who is going to help you out.

I have experienced things that I think many Canadians have gone through - the feeling of not belonging, the feeling of being a victim, of being hurt, being marginalized.

My belief in human rights includes a fundamental principle that is written into Article 1 of the UN Charter: respect for equal rights and self-determination.

I believe that the federal government has significant constitutional powers, but I don't think it's effective to impose pipelines on communities.

I don't have a firm line on balanced budgets.

Our public spaces should be places that are inclusive, that bring people together.