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" 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. "

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" Promising something that seems popular at the time that you know you're never going to deliver - that's the kind of cynical politics that I don't want any part of. "

" I had to learn to dismiss people who would criticize me based on nothing, but I also had to learn not to believe the people who would compliment me and think I was great based on nothing. And that led me to have a very, very strong sense of myself and my strengths. "

" I think growing an economy is a good way to help with a deficit, but ultimately, it's about fiscal discipline and responsible spending - and smart decisions. "

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

" Let's not pretend we're in a global free market when it comes to agriculture. Every country protects, for good reason, its agricultural industries. "

" Income splitting benefits only fifteen per cent, mostly the wealthiest Canadians, but it's paid for by everyone. "

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

" From the very beginning, I've talked about how we're going to strengthen the middle class in this country. "

" I think Canadians are tired of politicians that are spun and scripted within an inch of their life, people who are too afraid of what a focus group might say about one comment or a political opponent might try to twist out of context, to actually say much of anything at all. "

" Once Canadians no longer believe that there is any good in politics, they no longer feel we can work together to solve the challenges we're facing, and that is my fundamental motivation: how do we work together as a country to solve the big challenges we're facing. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I was a high-school teacher. I am a strong advocate for women's rights, and I'm not a woman. "

" 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. "

" I have a very difficult, high-pressured job. Everyone knows how challenging it is to balance family responsibilities with a job that takes me across the country and working extremely hard. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Of all the memories I have of my father and of our relationship, none is warmer and more poignant than what happened a year before he died, when he came to visit me while I was teaching at West Point Grey Academy in Vancouver. "

" The fact is, I'm opposed to coalitions. "

" 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. "

" People in the street will either call me 'Prime Minister' or 'Justin.' We'll see how that goes. But when I'm working, when I'm with my staff in public, I'm 'Prime Minister.' I say that if we're drinking beer out of a bottle, and you can see my tattoos, you should be comfortable calling me 'Justin.' "

" The Liberal Party will not vote - no Liberal member of Parliament will vote - to take away a woman's right to choose. "

" 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. "

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

" Openness, respect, integrity - these are principles that need to underpin pretty much every other decision that you make. "

" I'm not going to reduce the choices of Canadians at the ballot box by backroom deals or secret arrangements. I think that's a cause for cynicism more than anything else. "

" 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. "

" One of the jokes among our family was that whenever Dad went to the movies, he insisted on getting his senior citizen's discount. It was laughable to view him as a traditional senior citizen; he was one of the most robust people I ever knew. Until, very suddenly, he wasn't. "

" 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. "