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" Big global players like China need to do a better job of respecting human rights. "

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" Nobody knows better than I do what the pressures of party leadership can do to a young family. It tore mine apart. "

" A very powerful mechanism to get elected is to play on anger and pick those wedge issues. "

" My job is to do the best possible job for my country, and I wouldn't want someone else telling me what I should be doing in Canada. "

" We know that trade, NAFTA, the free and open trade between Canada and the U.S. creates millions of good jobs on both sides of the border. "

" People have to know that when you sign a deal with Canada, a change in governments won't immediately scrap the jobs and benefits coming from it. "

" I have no regrets. "

" Connecting with Canadians isn't about what you say, it's about what you're listening to. It's about what you understand. "

" When I get passionate or worked up about an issue, I say things that the Conservatives and opponents and critics like to pounce on. "

" Richard Nixon made a toast to me as a future Prime Minister of Canada when I was 4 months old, sitting as a centerpiece in the middle of a table as my father had plonked me down there. It was more about politeness than any great vision. "

" We're going to make sure there is a strong price on carbon right across the country, and we're hoping that the provinces are going to be able to do that, in a way, for themselves. "

" I think it's always been understood that Canada is not a country that's going to stand up and beat its chest on the world stage, but we can be very helpful in modelling solutions that work. "

" For generations, Canada has been built by hard-working people who want to make sure their kids have a better life than they did. "

" We're actually able to approve pipelines at a time when everyone wants protection of the environment. We're being able to show that we get people's fears, and there are constructive ways of allaying them - and not just ways to lash out and give a big kick to the system. "

" I am a teacher. It's how I define myself. A good teacher isn't someone who gives the answers out to their kids but is understanding of needs and challenges and gives tools to help other people succeed. That's the way I see myself, so whatever it is that I will do eventually after politics, it'll have to do a lot with teaching. "

" I think people understand that if you're going to have a successful economy, you need people's potential to be realized. That means education. It means university education, sure, but it also means training, apprenticeships and various kinds of skills diplomas that we know are necessary. "

" People are very much worried that our kids are not going to inherit the same opportunities that we inherited from our parents. "

" My father, his values were anchored in the time, but they were also timeless, whether it's bilingualism, multiculturalism or the charter of rights and freedoms. "

" Ours was not a normal or easy life. "

" The fact is Canadians understand that immigration, that people fleeing for their lives, that people wanting to build a better life for themselves and their kids is what created Canada, it's what created North America. "

" We should have a good working friendship with the United States. "

" We went through a long phase where we defined ourselves in opposition to other people and other countries. "

" We're asking those who have done well to do a little more for the people who need it. "

" I think people are understanding that I'm immensely proud of my father. If people talk to me about him, I'll certainly respond. And there's a certain generation that still talks about him right off. And I take that with gratefulness and with gratitude. "

" If Rob Ford decided he wanted to run for the Liberal Party in 2015, we'd say, 'No, sorry, the way you approach things, the way you govern, the way you behave is not suitable to the kind of Liberal team we want to build.' "

" We know that society is better - more prosperous, more stable, more peaceful, more cohesive - when women's rights are respected and when women are valued, empowered, and lead the way in our communities. "

" We are going to remain an important part of the coalition against ISIL. "

" I am so proud of my family, and I am happy to give them all the limelight they want because heaven knows I got more than I need. "

" I want my sons to escape the pressure to be a particular kind of masculine that is so damaging to men and to the people around them. "

" At one point, people are going to have to realize that maybe I know what I'm doing. "