"The Leader of the Opposition's constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it's the reason we did the merger! - is to make sure Canadians have an alternative for government."

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"The Leader of the Opposition's constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it's the reason we did the merger! - is to make sure Canadians have an alternative for government."

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"That's my personal view I would say most in my caucus agree with that but there are some who don't and I've always said that on these kinds of moral issues, people have the right to their own opinions."

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"On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of mass destruction."

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"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."

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"Make no mistake. Canada is not a bilingual country. In fact it is less bilingual today than it has ever been."

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"This party will not take its position based on public opinion polls. We will not take a stand based on focus groups. We will not take a stand based on phone-in shows or householder surveys or any other vagaries of pubic opinion."

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"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."

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"I've always been clear, I support the traditional definition of marriage."

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"I think the way to change it is to handle issues individually when it's essential to do so."

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"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."

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"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."

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"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

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"Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under."

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"I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."

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"What Washington needs is adult supervision."

Barack Obama, American President

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"It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent."

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"'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

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"I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

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"I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office."

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"We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely."

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"The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

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