Quote #23

Nuclear weapons exist. They probably always will. And they work, with horrible efficiency. They threaten the very future of our species. We have no choice but to manage that risk. Never again can we put the task out of our minds; nor trivialize it; nor make it routine. Nor dare we lose heart.

More from Pierre Trudeau

  1. Of course a bilingual state is more expensive than a unilingual one - but it is a richer state.
  2. Some things I never learned to like. I didn't like to kiss babies, though I didn't mind kissing their mothers.
  3. Mr. Levesque was saying that part of my name was Elliott and since Elliot was an English name, it was perfectly understandable that I was f…
  4. Mangez de la merde. (Eat shit)
  5. I am trying to put Quebec in its place - and the place of Quebec is in Canada.
  6. The Past is to be respected and acknowledged, but not to be worshipped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness.
  7. If you don't stop that, I'll kick you right in the ass.
  8. The essential ingredient of politics is timing.

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