A biography for Margaret Trudeauhasn’t been written yet.
“I've had so many rich, rich, beautiful things happen to me in my life because I do have energy, and I do reach out, and I stretch my eyes.”
“I can't be a rose in any man's lapel.”
“I was a late bloomer on the career front.”
“The problem with mental illness, as opposed to physical illness, is that it involves wrong thinking or impaired insight. You're not thinking correctly.”
“I'm an old hippie who lives in the now. I seldom look forward, but we have to.”
“There was imbalance with my first husband just by the given of our 29-year age difference and the difficulty of me being this unformed, enthusiastic young woman and he already completely in place being the leader of the country.”
“Depression is 80 per cent of my condition, and 10 per cent is mania, and 10 per cent is what we call normal. I say that must be when I am buying groceries. Or vacuuming.”
“My honesty about mental illness has helped open a door for real conversation, and I think Justin wants to continue that conversation. He has put no restrictions on me. His father couldn't. Why should he try?”
“I'm not really part of the Internet world, my age a factor in that and a lack of interest in sharing with so many, so little, so much, so often.”
“Simply put, women should prepare in their 50s for the rest of their lives.”
“There's nothing antifeminist about showing a lovely body; it's part of the person you are.”
“I was so surprised, astonished, when I lost my mind, because I didn't think that I ever would. I assumed I would always be just fine.”
“Everyone wants a loving, equal relationship.”
“I love the life I've had.”
“The best luxury in the world isn't a diamond ring or a nice house - well, it could be - but it's privacy.”
“I am not a weirdo, a wacko, or an eccentric for wanting to do good, honest work on a day-to-day basis.”
“I'm no political pundit.”
“You need community support. You're pretty defeated when you're laid low with a mental illness. It's a frightening place to be, and to get up and be able to stand and to move forward and to start functioning again, you need so much support. You need to feel you're not alone.”
“I think I devoted my life to Pierre Trudeau and our beautiful children.”
“I can only ask people to be tolerant of the fact that the... pressures of wives of politicians is very, very strong.”