Stephen Harper Quotes

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

Second, Guessing, Publicly

I forget what the relevant American rate is, but I can tell you that our goal is to have a combined federal-provincial corporate tax rate of no more than 25 percent. We're on target to do that by 2012. We will have significantly - by a significant margin the lowest corporate tax rates in the G-7, and that's our - our government's objective.
Stephen Harper

Government, Forget, Goal

I just think it would be unrealistic to suggest we're going to eliminate every last domestic insurgent in Afghanistan. Certainly, the history of the country would indicate that's not a very realistic objective, and I think we have to have realistic objectives.
Stephen Harper

History, Country, Last

I think first and foremost everybody should understand that Canadians are strongly committed to the system of universal health insurance, to the principle that your ability to pay does not determine your access to critical medical service.
Stephen Harper

Health, Medical, Understand

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

Marriage, Support, Clear

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

Work, Government, Minority

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

Government, Support, Third

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.
Stephen Harper

Work, Government, Strong

My own views on abortion, I'm not on either pole of that and neither of the interest groups on either end of this issue would probably be comfortable with my views.
Stephen Harper

End, Either, Interest

That's my personal view I would say most in my caucus agree with that but there are some who don't and I've always said that on these kinds of moral issues, people have the right to their own opinions.
Stephen Harper

Said, Moral, Personal

The Leader of the Opposition's constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it's the reason we did the merger! - is to make sure Canadians have an alternative for government.
Stephen Harper

Government, Leader, Reason

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

Unique, Culture, Ways

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

Dead, Public, Policy

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

Big, Nation, Economy

We have in this country a federal government that increasingly is engaged in trying to determine which business, which regions, which industries will succeed, which will not through a whole range of economic development, regional development corporate subsidization programs.
Stephen Harper

Government, Business, Through

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.
Stephen Harper

Government, Again, Playing

We'll support the government on issues if it's essential to the country but our primary responsibility is not to prop up the government, our responsibility is to provide an opposition and an alternative government for Parliament and for Canadians.
Stephen Harper

Government, Country, Support

We're not going to scrap the budget and make up some totally new platform the day after the election. So it's certainly willingness to compromise but we're not going back on the fundamental things we're running on in this campaign.
Stephen Harper

After, Election, Compromise

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

Government, State, Security

What the government has to do, if it wants to govern for any length of time, is it must appeal primarily to the third parties in the House of Commons to get them to support it.
Stephen Harper

Time, Government, Support

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Politician

Born: April 30, 1959

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