Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.
Canada is a great country, one of the hopes of the world.
I want to share with you my belief in your power to change this country and this world.
If I have tried to bring anything to federal politics, it is the idea that hope and optimism should be at their heart.
Don't let them tell you it can't be done.
Hope and optimism have defined my political career, and I continue to be hopeful and optimistic about Canada. Young people have been a great source of inspiration for me.
The responsibility of a minister is to step aside when there is a criminal investigation of the department. That protects the propriety of Parliament and of responsible government.
Even in art, there is no light without shadows, and no shadows are cast without some light. Even the shadow of Adolf Hitler is accompanied by some light.
Every valuable creative idea must always be logical in hindsight. If it were not, we would never be able to see its value.
I'd rather [the collection] have no title. Journalists like titles. That's why I give them to you.
Those who were on the inside, the majority that is, for them it had been hard to get his point, mostly they were just pleased that they were on the inside, that they were the fittest. For those on the outside, the fear and abandonment amounts to almost everything; everybody knows that. Understanding is something one does best when one is on the borderline.