Top 129 Quotes & Sayings by Pierre Trudeau - Page 3

When the religious principles, like the philosophical, are translated into reality, sometimes the reality forces violence on you, and there is no escape from it, and then I don't think it's something you should try to hide your face from.

I feel religion is basically and essentially a communication between a man and his God and I think it is the most personal thing of all and I don't think it concerns too many people.

Long live free France.

The state has no place in the nation's bedrooms.

I've always lived in a democratic society.

I think that religions must seek peace and love and therefore be pacifist.

Obviously, the state's responsibility should be to legislate rules for a well-ordered society. It has no right or duty to creep into the bedrooms of the nation.

I think that the history of the past hundred years has shown us that, by and large, the one linguistic group to whom separatism is being preached is not moved by the arguments which are used.

Harvard was an extraordinary window on the world.