The pursuit of excellence is the proper vocation of man.
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.
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.
You can wait forever for perfect conditions or you can make do with what you have.
In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.
An important mark of a good leader [is] to know you don’t know it all and never will.
The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile.
Do you know that every day, 10 people in Afghanistan are injured by landmines? It will continue for the next 50 years, because the country has the largest number of landmines in the world.