It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office.

In today's U.S., it's possible for almost anyone - women, gays, African-Americans, Jews - to run for, and be elected to, high office.

I don't claim any moral or ethical high ground, but I also have chosen not to run for public office. Shouldn't there be a higher standard of conduct for public officials?

I will make a general statement that we have not had anything like the policy of holding people in high office responsible for their acts that I think we should.

After 17 months in office the record of this government ? or I should say in many instances its lack of record ? has become unacceptable to a large majority of members of the House representing on overwhelming majority of Canadian voters,

Please tell your government and everyone in your office to go f*** themselves.