Justin Trudeau Quotes

When I was very young and came into politics, I basically thought ideas would do the trick.

I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me. I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.

I am a person that when I go in the street, everybody knows me and goes: 'Oh, you are entering politics.' I want to do something positive for the future. It doesn't mean to become a leader of a party.

I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand the nature of government.

You don't choose a party because it's the flavour of the month. I feel I will be able to work under a political system. I feel if people like me don't enter politics to bring change, who will?

I think the fact is that anybody who goes into politics feels like 'I can make a difference'. But it's not one person, you need so many others.

Growing up, politics never trickled down to the areas we come from. But people from Obama's camp, and Obama himself, reached out to me and asked for my help on the campaign. We've sat and had dinner, and we've spoken on the phone. He's a very sharp guy. Very charming. Very cool.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Harold Wilson is going around the country stirring up apathy.

Many women have education. But education in professional matters is very different from education in politics and preparing to take leadership roles in the society

The leader in a democracy has to keep the people entertained. That may sound like the wrong word, but it conveys the thought.

I've been involved in politics for quite some time. I've held positions, and my experiences are very deep, and I think I have the capacity, the courage, and the character to institute the kinds of reforms that are so desperately needed.

People in Silicon Valley are starting to realize politics is not a toy.

I've spoken about politics a lot over the years and my main issue that I championed was just general engagement in politics.

I am not some intellectual hoping to be understood a century from now. I'm a political leader. I have to stand in front of my community. If I am a metre too far out in front of the people, I'll lose them.

Politics has always been personal for me. You know, growing up, I was in a very politically conscious household. We engaged with intellectuals and artists and academics from around the world who were thinking critically about politics and the intersection of politics and public life.

My kids have been around politics since they were little.

I have been apolitical all my life.

You can't forge a new sort of consensus, you can't forge public opinion, by following public opinion.

I don't think that a vote for Barack Obama is a symbolic thing. I think it's much more than that. It's not just a black man. It's not just a feel-good vote. It's the idea of electing someone who really does want to make a difference.

I really got to a point where I thought maybe I would want to be involved politically.

Most people get their politics, obviously, from TV shows about senators or movies about them or... all the day-to-day press and the talk shows.

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

The challenge is not to replace Obama but with who. It's not enough to just change up the uniform, if we don't change the team and the game plan, we won't save our country.

I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.