Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “Obviously, the state's responsibility should be to legislate rules for a well-ordered society. It has no right or duty to creep into the bedrooms of the nation.” ~ Pierre Trudeau [Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau] (1919-2000) Prime Minister of Canada (1968-1979, 1980-1984)Source: Comment in the Canadian House of Commons on the decriminalization of homosexuality, Globe and Mail, December 12, 1967 (page 61)