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Quote from Pierre Trudeau,


"Obviously, the state's responsibility should be to legislate rules for a well-ordered society. It has no right or duty to creep into the bedrooms of the nation."


By:

Pierre Trudeau (more quotes by Pierre Trudeau or books by/about Pierre Trudeau)


[Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau] (1919-2000) Prime Minister of Canada (1968-1979, 1980-1984)

Source:

Comment in the Canadian House of Commons on the decriminalization of homosexuality, Globe and Mail, December 12, 1967 (page 61)

Categories:

Crime, Individual Rights, Prohibition, Sexuality

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