Stephen Joseph Harper Quotes

• Look, I think the worst case scenario is obvious. I think first of all it doesn’t work for very long. It’s an unstable government that raises taxes and destroys the image we’re building for Canada as a strong place to invest.

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• It’s the government’s obligation to look really to the third parties to get the support to govern.

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• If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people.

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• If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away.

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• I’ve always been clear, I support the traditional definition of marriage.

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• I think the way to change it is to handle issues individually when it’s essential to do so.

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• I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there is a culture of defeat that we have to overcome.

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• I think first and foremost everybody should understand that Canadians are strongly committed to the system of universal health insurance, to the principle that your ability to pay does not determine your access to critical medical service.

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• I think because we’re such a trading nation, I think Canadians understand that first and foremost we’re part of the global economy.

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• I just think it would be unrealistic to suggest we’re going to eliminate every last domestic insurgent in Afghanistan. Certainly, the history of the country would indicate that’s not a very realistic objective, and I think we have to have realistic objectives.

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• I have no difficulty with the recognition of civil unions for non-traditional relationships but I believe in law we should protect the traditional definition of marriage.

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• I forget what the relevant American rate is, but I can tell you that our goal is to have a combined federal-provincial corporate tax rate of no more than 25 percent. We’re on target to do that by 2012. We will have significantly – by a significant margin the lowest corporate tax rates in the G-7, and that’s our – our government’s objective.

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• I don’t get into that second guessing of myself publicly.

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• I don’t believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on abortion.

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• I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in general. I do not share a not in my backyard approach to government spending reductions.

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• I believe very strongly that in this world you have to have values and you have to stand up for your interests and if you don’t do those things you’re not going to get anywhere.

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• Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society… It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff.

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• Having hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang our heads against it.

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• First of all, I can’t forget my first responsibility – which is to be the Leader of the Opposition and that’s to provide an alternative government.

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• Canadians know that the promise of a recession didn’t happen because of anything we did here. If you look at all the causes of the recession, problems in mortgage markets, the problems in the banking sector, the problems in government finance in countries like Greece, none of those problems were in present Canada.

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Stephen Joseph Harper (45)

Birth:	30th April, 1959
Nationality:	Canadian
Profession:	Leader, Prime Minister

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