Jack Layton Short Quotes

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Politics matters. Ideas matter. Democracy matters.

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Spring is here my friends and a new chapter begins.

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We want to challenge the established ideas with new ideas.

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This gorgeous Chinese girl gets up and I fell in love instantly.

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Most Canadians, if they don't show up for work, they don't get a promotion. … You missed 70 per cent of the votes.

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We have not made these choices lightly, Our decision was made in the full seriousness and clear knowledge of what is at stake.

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He's put a lock on the door of the House of Commons and he refuses to face the people of Canada through their elected representatives

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That's been a hashtag fail." And on the temptations stemming from a life of crime: "With the bling and everything that comes with it."

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I remember a Stephen Harper once upon a time... You've become what you used to oppose... Mr. Harper, what happened to you? What changed?

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This is a budget that does not protect the vulnerable, it doesn't protect the jobs of today and it doesn't create the jobs that we need for tomorrow.

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If I've tried to bring anything to federal politics, it's the idea that hope and optimism should be at their heart; we can look after each other better than we do today.

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My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.

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If it's a flash it's been an awfully long flash. I've been around for 20 years in one of the largest media and political markets in the country, so I'd call it more of a slow burn.

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This debate is coming down essentially to two visions — Mr. Harper's vision for Canada and my vision for Canada, and to a decision to be made by people disappointed by Mr. (Stephane) Dion

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I ask you to join me in saying that enough is enough with Liberal arrogance and scandals and enough to the vote-buying promises of the Conservatives. There's a better choice, a third option, the NDP

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