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" When my father died, I had millions of people supporting me in a very, very difficult time. I have received so much from this country. I realize that we're defined in life not by what we get from this world but by what we have to offer it, and I know that I have a lot to offer this country, and I'm serious about devoting my life to it. "

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Justin Trudeau

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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. "

" One of the reasons why Canadians are generally positively inclined towards immigration is we've seen over decades, over generations, that it works. "

" 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. "

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

" This is the kind of balance people expect: both environment and the economy - not one or the other. "

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

" What I was raised with in terms of a call to service was just a sense that I was lucky. "

" We're investing billions of dollars in housing, in home care on the medical side. We're investing billions of dollars in public transit that is not just creating good jobs now but is going to help people get to and from their good jobs in more reliable ways. "

" I am so proud to be my mother's son. "

" I became a high school teacher for many years because it was a very tangible, concrete way where I could make a difference, and quite frankly, the kids didn't care who my father had been, because it was late '90s; none of them were around or remembered my father. "

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

" I don't put a lot of stock into polls. "

" 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. "

" You can't run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about gathering around extraordinary individuals and getting the best out of them. "

" 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

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

" The federal government's role is to establish a process whereby industry can pitch a project, and Canadians can be reassured that this project is worth the risk. That's at the heart of governments granting permits and communities granting permission. People understand we do need economic growth. We do need natural resource projects. "

" I think we're pretty much where we need to be on corporate taxes. "

" I have been incredibly lucky all my life. I've had a family that has loved me and given me incredible opportunities. I've gone to great schools. I've travelled across the country. "

Justin Trudeau

Life

Great

" 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. "

Justin Trudeau

You

People

" 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. "

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

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

" Income splitting is a cynical policy, designed by a tired government short on ideas, now reheating old concoctions as their next campaign policy menu. "

" 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. "

" There is no debate about whether or not climate change is happening. We will deal with it as a challenge. But we also take it as an opportunity to invest. "

" 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. "

" One of the challenges that Vancouver and cities across the country are facing is that we don't have a federal partner in terms of building for transit, not in the way we need. "

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

Justin Trudeau

Mouth

Perception