I'm a Progressive Conservative and I think my politics [are] quite obvious, so, you know, I certainly wouldn't stand up here and say I'm supporting the Liberal party of Canada to form the next government,

Certainly, I'm the one in politics. I'm the one who has a public profile, ... When my wife is involved in anything is nobody's business.

The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.

What never fails inside the mind of an intellectual never works outside the confines of his head. The world’s stubborn refusal to vindicate the intellectual’s theories serves as proof of humanity’s irrationality, not his own. Thus, the true believer retrenches rather than rethinks; he launches a war on the world, denying reality because it fails to conform to his theories. If intellectuals are not prepared to reconcile theory and practice, then why do they bother to venture outside the ivory tower or the coffeehouse? Why not stay in the world of abstractions and fantasy?

the central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.

He loved politics. He was always an activist on that level, always a fighter.