Justin Trudeau

“For me, I've always been Justin Trudeau, son of. All my life I've had to know I was carrying a name, and people were paying more attention to what I had to say, and I had to make a choice early on.”

“Canadians need a plan for jobs and growth.”

“Gender equality is not only an issue for women and girls.”

“Politicians are constantly stuck between what is politically expedient and politically beneficial and what is the responsible or right thing to do. It's a tension we all go through.”

“Throughout our history, Canada's immigration policy has brought people here who had a pathway to citizenship. They were - and are - nation builders. It has been supported by political parties of all stripes and promoted by successive governments over generations.”

“As a prime minister, my job is not to try and influence or opine on what a leader of a different country should be doing.”

“I am so proud of my family, and I am happy to give them all the limelight they want because heaven knows I got more than I need.”

“Nobody knows better than I do what the pressures of party leadership can do to a young family. It tore mine apart.”

“Some people have come to admire Stephen Harper's style because he's standing at the top of the pyramid - that's not leadership to me.”

“We're actually able to approve pipelines at a time when everyone wants protection of the environment. We're being able to show that we get people's fears, and there are constructive ways of allaying them - and not just ways to lash out and give a big kick to the system.”

“You get more diversity and creativity in your problem solving, and you end up having a much better and more representative approach to solving the challenges faced by the population you serve.”

“Can I actually make a difference? Can I get people to believe in politics once again? Can I get people to accept more complex answers to complex questions? I know I can. I know that's what I do very well.”

“We're asking those who have done well to do a little more for the people who need it.”

“From the very beginning, I've talked about how we're going to strengthen the middle class in this country.”

“Of all the memories I have of my father and of our relationship, none is warmer and more poignant than what happened a year before he died, when he came to visit me while I was teaching at West Point Grey Academy in Vancouver.”

“The fact is Canadians understand that immigration, that people fleeing for their lives, that people wanting to build a better life for themselves and their kids is what created Canada, it's what created North America.”

“As politicians, we're very, very much trained to say something and stick with it.”

“Income splitting is a cynical policy, designed by a tired government short on ideas, now reheating old concoctions as their next campaign policy menu.”

“Canadians want to elect good people to be their voice in Ottawa.”

“I am in politics because every day, I get to work to make the world a little better - for my kids and for yours.”