Quotes By Stephen Harper

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.

We've got to see a state where the Afghan government can handle its own day-to-day security.

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

We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters.

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.

We got into a recession because the global economy went into the recession and we're a big exporting nation.

This party will not take its position based on public opinion polls. We will not take a stand based on focus groups. We will not take a stand based on phone-in shows or householder surveys or any other vagaries of pubic opinion.

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

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

Whether Canada ends up as o-ne national government or two national governments or several national governments, or some other kind of arrangement is, quite frankly, secondary in my opinion.

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

Universality has been severely reduced: it is virtually dead as a concept in most areas of public policy.

As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions.

Make no mistake. Canada is not a bilingual country. In fact it is less bilingual today than it has ever been.

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