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" For me, I've always been Justin Trudeau, son of. All my life I've had to know I was carrying a name, and people were paying more attention to what I had to say, and I had to make a choice early on. "

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" I think it's hard to know how one deals in situations of confrontation until you're actually in there, so I'm not going to speculate on what I would do. "

Justin Trudeau

You

Think

Hard

" My father found cocktail parties challenging. "

" If we wander around as politicians jumping at every shadow and desperately afraid of having our words taken out of context or attacks layered on in an unfair way, I think we're actually doing a disrespect to Canadians, to people's intelligence. "

" My whole life has been about figuring out the balance between knowing who I am and being who I am and accepting that people will come to me with all sorts of preconceptions. "

Justin Trudeau

Knowing

Life

" Politicians are constantly stuck between what is politically expedient and politically beneficial and what is the responsible or right thing to do. It's a tension we all go through. "

Justin Trudeau

Responsible

Right

" I have spent an awful lot of time listening to Canadians, learning from them, working with them. "

" You get more diversity and creativity in your problem solving, and you end up having a much better and more representative approach to solving the challenges faced by the population you serve. "

" Gender equality is not only an issue for women and girls. "

" I trust Canadians to be able to look at the different parties, the different leaders, the plans, the teams, and make a responsible choice. And I'm very, very confident that's exactly what Canadians are going to do. "

" Quite frankly, I talk about the fact that I'm a feminist as often as I can, and every time I do, it gets huge reaction, and media reacts, and the Twitterverse explodes and things like that, because here I am saying I'm a feminist. I will keep saying that until there is no more reaction to that when I say it, because that's where we want to get to. "

" Canadians want to elect good people to be their voice in Ottawa. "

" Income splitting is not a wise investment for Canadians. "

" 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. "

" Ours was not a normal or easy life. "

" Can I actually make a difference? Can I get people to believe in politics once again? Can I get people to accept more complex answers to complex questions? I know I can. I know that's what I do very well. "

" Leadership is inspiring extraordinary people to step up and serve their country. "

" We're looking to make sure things are fair, and we're always looking at ways to lower taxes for the middle class and raise them on the wealthiest one per cent. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" As someone who grew up with a father who was the prime minister, many people liked me, and many didn't. I don't pay much attention to labels and certainly don't let people define me through the labels they apply. I stay focused on what I need to do. "

Justin Trudeau

People

Father

" Indigenous lives matter. "

" My father's values and vision of this country obviously form everything I have as values and ideals. But this is not the ghost of my father running for the leadership of the Liberal party. This is me. "

Justin Trudeau

Father

Leadership

" Open nominations means it is local Liberals who choose who gets to be their representative. But what that doesn't mean is that somebody can behave any which way and bully other people out of the nomination and then be the last person standing. "

" I have no fears that on a purely merit basis, we will have an embarrassment of riches from which to choose in order to reach gender parity. "

" I think Canadians want to get a feel for the people who will serve them... and, for me, I think that Canadians will trust people who trust them. "

Justin Trudeau

Feel

People

" 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. "

" 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. "

" One of the things that we have to realize is we cannot get off gas, we cannot get off oil, fossil fuels tomorrow - it's going to take a few decades. Maybe we can shorten it, but there's going to have to be a transition time. "

" Canadians are nice and polite. It's not just a stereotype. "

" Some people have come to admire Stephen Harper's style because he's standing at the top of the pyramid - that's not leadership to me. "