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Quote from Pierre Trudeau,


"What is considered sinful in one of the great religions to which citizens belong isn't necessarily sinful in the others. Criminal law therefore cannot be based on the notion of sin; it is crimes that it must define."


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:

Memoirs (1993), Part 1, 1919 - 1968 The Road to 24 Sussex Drive, p. 83

Categories:

Crime, Law, Religion

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