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" 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. "

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" There was a perception that I'd grown up with a silver spoon in my mouth. "

" Much more a skiing family than a hockey family, my dad wasn't a big fan of the arenas early in the morning on the weekends. "

" As politicians, we're very, very much trained to say something and stick with it. "

" 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 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. "

" 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 think Canadians have always been interested in the choices Americans make because the choices you make inevitably impact upon us... and how we make sure that we get that balance right between continuing to have a good relationship and standing for the things we believe in is what we expect of ourselves. "

" Certainly in a world where terrorism is a daily reality in the news, it's easy for people to be afraid. But the fact is that we laid out very clearly - and Canadians get - that it's actually not a choice between either immigration or security: that of course they go together. "

" Vancouver is home. I spent a huge amount of time here as a kid growing up with my mom, with my grandparents who lived here. "

" As a prime minister, my job is not to try and influence or opine on what a leader of a different country should be doing. "

" 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. "

" Canadians need a plan for jobs and growth. "

" The federal government shouldn't be drawing lines on a map in terms of what transit infrastructure are needed; we should be there to be a partner with the cities, with the provinces, that need that. "

" Any decision made by my father was the result of a process that had involved many voices and which sometimes had taken weeks or months. "

" 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 me, being able to engage with the details when necessary, when there's a challenge, when there's a particularly important pivot, yes, you have to do that. But in general, a leader needs to trust their commanders, needs to trust the team they've assembled, to actually execute in the right way. "

" Canada's extraordinary success is that we have bound together a vast country with a set of shared ideas and beliefs. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Any time you have a competitive situation like politics is, there are winners, and there are people who don't win, and their supporters can sometimes be very emotional. "

" 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. "

" My mother is brilliant but emotional and very much gregarious and connected to people. My father was brilliant but focused and driven and very narrow-casted. "

" 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 trust Canadians' capacity to determine who will sit in their Parliament. "

" People still think there's sort of a debate around the Charter that politicos go into. And I get wrapped up in it, too, from time to time. "

" It's always easy to look at either the politics of division or fear as effective tools in politics, but ultimately, even though they can be effective tools to help you get elected, they hinder your ability to actually get the job of building a better future for this country, for this community, done. "

" One of the things with Canada is we're of a modest enough size that we never feel that the ideal outcome of any given deal is, we win and you lose. "

" Canada has always been there to help people who need it. "