Pierre Trudeau - Government Quotes

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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.

Pierre Trudeau

The federal government is the balance wheel of the federal system, and the federal system means using counterweights.

Pierre Trudeau

When I had been appointed to the Cabinet in 1967, I had been struck by the amateurism that reigned in the upper echelons of the federal government.

Pierre Trudeau