349 Quotes by Stephen Harper

I don’t know if for sure in absolute terms if Jim Flaherty is the best Finance Minster in the world, but I am sure that he is the best Finance Minster per inch in the world.

Paul Martin talks eloquently about defending national sovereignty but the reality hasn’t matched the rhetoric. When it comes to the United States, Mr. Martin says he calls them as he sees them, but when it comes to American passage through Canada, he doesn’t actually see anything.

First of all, I can’t forget my first responsibility – which is to be the Leader of the Opposition and that’s to provide an alternative government.

We have to remember we’re in a global economy. The purpose of fiscal stimulus is not simply to sustain activity in our national economies, but to help the global economy as well, and that’s why it’s so critical that measures in those packages avoid anything that smacks of protectionism.

If you want to diminish the number of abortions, you’ve got to change hearts and not laws.

Look, I think the worst case scenario is obvious. I think first of all it doesn’t work for very long. It’s an unstable government that raises taxes and destroys the image we’re building for Canada as a strong place to invest.

I think because we’re such a trading nation, I think Canadians understand that first and foremost we’re part of the global economy.

But I’m very libertarian in the sense that I believe in small government and, as a general rule, I don’t believe in imposing values upon people.

There is a Canadian culture that is in some ways unique to Canada, but I don’t think Canadian culture coincides neatly with borders.