Pierre Trudeau Quotes

As far as I'm concerned, I'm a middle-of-the-road moderate and the rest of you are crazy.

I tend to be what I would call more progressive than conservative, but I think either extreme is excessive.

By temperament and disposition and emotions, I'm a liberal; but in my beliefs about what's best for the country, I'm a centrist.

I know a moderate, more centered candidate like myself doesn't get as much attention as people who tend to say more extreme things.

Most people want a normal centrist approach. But politicians in the center have to show them results.

I'm an avowed centrist, and I believe that - centrism is often - it's almost the wrong word to use, because it's often seen as sort of splitting the difference between right and left.

People ask me, "Are you right wing or are you left wing?" and I always say, "I'm for the whole bird." A one-winged bird didn't ever get off the ground.

I am neither left wing nor right wing. I am middle-of-the-bird.

We must govern from the middle, or we will not be able to govern at all.

I'm someone who believes in centrist governing philosophy.

I'm a centrist.

I'm what you would call an 'independent moderate.'

President Johnson offered the middle of the road.

I believe that being conservative means you try to get in to the middle of the fight and try to solve the problem.

I'm quite moderate.

I think I'm turning into a libertarian. I'm not part of the gaggle of Hollywood liberals. I gaggle for no one, and I'm not a liberal. I'm libo-conservo-rado-middle-of-the-roado.

At the end of the day, Democrats go out and appeal to 30 percent of the far left; Republicans go out and appeal to 30 percent of the far right. Hey, there's a big middle ground here that's not represented. I think that, Bill Weld and myself, I think the Libertarian Party really occupies that ground.

I will do everything to make sure you never have reason again to vote for extremes.

I would consider myself more a passionate centrist.

The Labour party is a lost cause for anybody who is moderate and sensible and believes in that left-of-centre view of life.

I'm looking for some centrist political party to find a home in and it's not there, actually.

People ask me if I'm liberal or conservative. I say neither - I'm pragmatic.

I feel like a centrist, an issue-specific person. I'm pretty conservative fiscally and pretty liberal on social issues.

The main discomfort in being a middle-of-the-roader is that you get sideswiped by partisans going in both directions.

If a man is right, he can't be too radical; if he is wrong, he can't be too conservative.