Peter MacKay Quotes

• Happy the society whose deepest divisions are ones of style.

  Peter MacKay

  Style, Division

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• I've been called treacherous, stupid, venal, lazy ..and that's only by the Tories.

  Peter MacKay

  Stupid, Lazy, Canada

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• My gut tells me and continues to tell me that the Conservative party is on a road back to government.

  Peter MacKay

  Party, Government, Conservative

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• The world is threatened by terrorism and violent extremism like never before. The rule of law is one of our chief defences against terrorism. Our shared values of freedom and democracy are shielded when like-minded nations work together to promote justice.

  Peter MacKay

  Law, Justice, Democracy

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• I find happiness comes from numerous sources in my life. Most often, the happy moments I cherish most are quiet moments with my wife and family back home in Nova Scotia.

  Peter MacKay

  Home, Quiet Moments, Wife

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• There is no more dangerous country in the world today than Pakistan.

  Peter MacKay

  Country, Pakistan, World

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• What Canada has to do is to have a government connected to the priorities of the people of which it is elected to serve. Those priorities include ensuring medicare is sustainable, support for the military, and tax and justice systems that work.

  Peter MacKay

  Military, Government, People

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• I was a crown attorney in my home town in Nova Scotia, and I learned that victims of crime needed better laws to better protect them. I saw politics as a means to improve this protection for them.

  Peter MacKay

  Home, Mean, Law

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• Cyberbullying is an issue that affects all of us and demands that Canadians work together to put an end to it. This national public awareness campaign is an important step in protecting our children online. Along with our government’s introduction of Bill C-13, the Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act, we are taking clear action to tackle cyberbullying.

  Peter MacKay

  Children, Government, Issues

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• I want to lead the Progressive Conservative Party, a party that will promote true conservative values and principles. I can tell you right now, I am not the merger candidate. I am not interested in institutional marriages with other parties.

  Peter MacKay

  Party, Principles, Want

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• You can't have a discussion about Israel and the region without including Iran and their nuclear ambitions.

  Peter MacKay

  Ambition, Israel, Iran

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• I feel guilty about spending so much time away from home and loved ones.

  Peter MacKay

  Home, Guilty, Loved Ones

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• We have to be focused on growing the party and getting young people to see us as a viable option.

  Peter MacKay

  Party, People, Growing

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• If the United States leads a multinational force into Iraq without United Nations backing, Canada should fight beside its neighbour. We've gone from being a middle power to a muddle power on this one.

  Peter MacKay

  Fighting, Iraq, Canada

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• We have to stress our conservative credentials and emphasize that we are the natural, national alternative to the Liberals. Clearly the Alliance has shown it can't break out of its Western box. The Alliance is at single-digit support in three quarters of the country.

  Peter MacKay

  Country, Stress, Support

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• It's not as if our party has a leadership campaign underway.

  Peter MacKay

  Leadership, Party, Campaigns

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• I don't think we're ever going to be in a position where we can say this is the template, this is the checklist, that must be met [for intervention].

  Peter MacKay

  Thinking, Mets, Checklists

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