Justin Trudeau Quotes

We are accountable to each other; having an equitable Minnesota benefits everyone, not just the disenfranchised.

There is no man more dangerous, in a position of power, than he who refuses to accept as a working truth the idea that all a man does should make for rightness and soundness, that even the fixing of a tariff rate must be moral.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

It is the duty of the law-giver to deliver to the many the instructions of whose truth he has persuaded himself.

We live in a prosperous country. And our prosperity is not only a blessing—it’s also an obligation.

Duties and rights are reciprocal

Let the Tax be never so great, if it be apoportionable unto all, then no man suffers the loss of any Riches by it.

No man ought to be condemned for exhorting people to pursue justice in a certain line, though he may foresee that in the pursuit of that justice the opposition given to those who are proceeding in a just course may produce collision, and that collision lead to the commission of crime; but our duty, as I conceive, is to seek for the injustice, and there to impute the crime… It is to that injustice, and not to those who pursue a just course for the attainment of a right end, that the guilt is to be ascribed.

I would love to tell you this country is on the cusp of coming together, but it isn't. But I can tell you that we need to work together in this country. We need to hold people accountable for their actions, and that will be done. And we need to move forward in a way that we have the strongest middle class ever.

Creating wealth is not an end in itself. It needs to be shared by all.

If the civil society is not transparent, honest, and accountable, then you cannot be a champion of social justice.

We have that responsibility to look out for those who haven't had the road and the success that we have.

I've been very lucky, and therefore I owe it to try and reduce the inequity in the world. And that's kind of a religious belief. I mean, it's at least a moral belief.

In football, it's the job of the player to play, the coach to coach, the official to officiate. Each guy is charged with upholding his end, nothing more. In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life - or at least the way life should be.

The purpose of our justice system is to reflect the values of our society and to punish those who violate our standards.

The work of community, love, reconciliation, restoration is the work we cannot leave up to politicians. This is the work we are all called to do.

There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don't.

The only differences one can and should allow in socialism are between hard working people and idlers and between honest people and dishonest people.

Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.

Individuals can resist injustice, but only a community can do justice.

I don't think I should penalize people who were doing their duty.

Human and moral factors must always be considered. They must never be missing from policies and from public discussion.

Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

The law is bigger than money - but only if the law works hard enough.

Whose rights will we acknowledge? Whose human dignity will we respect? For whose well-being will we, as a people, assume responsibility?