“[W]e are working to ensure that the Canadian justice system no longer allows the worst criminals to pose a risk to you, your children, and our communities.” – Mr. Harper in March 2015
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“[Y]our country, and particularly your conservative movement, is a light and an inspiration to people in this country and across the world” – Mr. Harper speaking to the American Council for National Policy in 1997
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“When a government starts trying to cancel dissent or avoid dissent is frankly when it’s rapidly losing its moral authority to govern.”
– Mr. Harper, Canadian Press, April 18, 2005
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“Corruption is not a Canadian value!”
– Mr. Harper’s response to former Prime Minister Paul Martin’s suggestion that Liberal Party values are Canadian values on April 10th, 2005.
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“Our security agencies work with each other and with others around the globe to track people who are threats to Canada and to watch threats that may evolve. I think though, this is not a time to commit sociology, if I can use an expression. It’s time to treat this- these things are serious threats.”
– Mr. Harper on April 25, 2013
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“Restoring accountability will be one of the major priorities of our new government. Accountability is what ordinary Canadians, working Canadians, those people who pay their bills, pay their taxes, expect from their political leaders.”
-Mr. Harper
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“Success demands governments who are willing to assume responsibilities, seek practical, do-able solutions to problems and who have a voice and influence in global affairs because they lead, not by lecturing, but by example.” – Mr. Harper in 2007
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