Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I've always been clear, I support the traditional definition of marriage. "
Stephen Harper
Support
Been
Clear
Related Quotes:
" My own views on abortion, I'm not on either pole of that and neither of the interest groups on either end of this issue would probably be comfortable with my views. "
Stephen Harper
My Own
End
Comfortable
" But I've been very clear in this campaign - I don't believe the party should have a position on abortion. "
Stephen Harper
Believe
Abortion
Been
" As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions. "
Stephen Harper
Unity
Fairness
God
" I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there is a culture of defeat that we have to overcome. "
Stephen Harper
Culture
Canada
Defeat
" Canadians know that the promise of a recession didn't happen because of anything we did here. If you look at all the causes of the recession, problems in mortgage markets, the problems in the banking sector, the problems in government finance in countries like Greece, none of those problems were in present Canada. "
Stephen Harper
Finance
Problems
You
" I think because we're such a trading nation, I think Canadians understand that first and foremost we're part of the global economy. "
Stephen Harper
Nation
Economy
Understand
" I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in general. I do not share a not in my backyard approach to government spending reductions. "
Stephen Harper
Backyard
Government
Need
" After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It's a dogma which one is supposed to accept without question. "
Stephen Harper
Country
Religion
Question
" The government can only be brought down because it alienates several parties in the House. "
Stephen Harper
Because
Government
Only
" I think the way to change it is to handle issues individually when it's essential to do so. "
Stephen Harper
Way
Change
Handle
" I believe very strongly that in this world you have to have values and you have to stand up for your interests and if you don't do those things you're not going to get anywhere. "
Stephen Harper
Stand Up
Stand
Believe
" Make no mistake. Canada is not a bilingual country. In fact it is less bilingual today than it has ever been. "
Stephen Harper
Canada
Fact
Today
" I have no difficulty with the recognition of civil unions for non-traditional relationships but I believe in law we should protect the traditional definition of marriage. "
Stephen Harper
Recognition
Law
Marriage
" Whether Canada ends up as o-ne national government or two national governments or several national governments, or some other kind of arrangement is, quite frankly, secondary in my opinion. "
Stephen Harper
Canada
Kind
Opinion
" We have to remember we're in a global economy. The purpose of fiscal stimulus is not simply to sustain activity in our national economies, but to help the global economy as well, and that's why it's so critical that measures in those packages avoid anything that smacks of protectionism. "
Stephen Harper
Remember
Purpose
Help
" Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society... It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff. "
Stephen Harper
Society
Scary
Fact
" I don't get into that second guessing of myself publicly. "
Stephen Harper
Get
Guessing
Myself
" First of all, I can't forget my first responsibility - which is to be the Leader of the Opposition and that's to provide an alternative government. "
Stephen Harper
Government
Responsibility
Leader
" Having hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang our heads against it. "
Stephen Harper
Wall
Step
Next
" I don't believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on abortion. "
Stephen Harper
Government
Abortion
Alliance
" If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away. "
Stephen Harper
Away
Ottawa
Giveth
" If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people. "
Stephen Harper
Work
Government
Want
" There is a Canadian culture that is in some ways unique to Canada, but I don't think Canadian culture coincides neatly with borders. "
Stephen Harper
Canada
Culture
Think
" It's the government's obligation to look really to the third parties to get the support to govern. "
Stephen Harper
Obligation
Support
Government