Quotes from Justin Trudeau

As someone who grew up with a father who was the prime minister, many people liked me, and many didn't. I don't pay much attention to labels and certainly don't let people define me through the labels they apply. I stay focused on what I need to do.

Leadership is inspiring extraordinary people to step up and serve their country.

Canadians are nice and polite. It's not just a stereotype.

We provide our citizens upward mobility through economic opportunity.

I was a high-school teacher. I am a strong advocate for women's rights, and I'm not a woman.

I don't put a lot of stock into polls.

CBC has a very important mandate to bind Canada together in both official languages, tell local stories, and make sure we have a sense of our strength, our culture, our stories.

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.

Ultimately, being open and respectful towards each other is much more powerful as a way to diffuse hatred and anger than, you know, layering on, you know, big walls and oppressive policies.

I know and I've always felt for Canada that we recognize that diversity is a great source of strength.

The fact is, I'm opposed to coalitions.

Ours was not a normal or easy life.

In regards to the United States, Canadians expect me to stand up for our values and defend our interests and to have a constructive relationship with our largest trading partner and closest neighbour.

My father, his values were anchored in the time, but they were also timeless, whether it's bilingualism, multiculturalism or the charter of rights and freedoms.

One of the challenges that Vancouver and cities across the country are facing is that we don't have a federal partner in terms of building for transit, not in the way we need.

Vancouver is home. I spent a huge amount of time here as a kid growing up with my mom, with my grandparents who lived here.

I think people understand that if you're going to have a successful economy, you need people's potential to be realized. That means education. It means university education, sure, but it also means training, apprenticeships and various kinds of skills diplomas that we know are necessary.

People are very sophisticated in their concerns about various parties, in their hopes for what the next government could look like. And I'm not going to prejudge any possible outcomes.

Canada's extraordinary success is that we have bound together a vast country with a set of shared ideas and beliefs.

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.

The best counter to the kind of radicalization and marginalization that we've seen in other parts of the world is to create an inclusive society where everyone, including especially Muslim Canadians, have every opportunity to succeed, just like anybody else.

Business as usual doesn't work, that we're in a time where we have to rethink a lot of the basic ground rules and assumptions of our civilizations.

You know what, Nickelback's alright.

My father's values and vision of this country obviously form everything I have as values and ideals. But this is not the ghost of my father running for the leadership of the Liberal party. This is me.