Pierre Trudeau Quotes

Pierre Trudeau — Canadian Statesman born on October 18, 1919, died on September 28, 2000

Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau PC CC CH QC FRSC, usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was a Canadian politician who served as the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968, to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980, to June 30, 1984... (wikipedia)

Luck, that's when preparation and opportunity meet.

I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government meet only to go through the tedious motions of reading speeches, drafted by others, with the principal objective of not rocking the boat.

Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.

We wish nothing more, but we will accept nothing less. Masters in our own house we must be, but our house is the whole of Canada.

The essential ingredient of politics is timing.