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Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.

— Pierre Trudeau

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Addressing the Press Club in Washington, D.C. (25 March 1969) - Audio clip

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