There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.

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There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.

Pierre Trudeau

1967

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Right to privacy

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1967

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Pierre Trudeau

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Trudeau, Pierre. Comment in the Canadian House of Commons on the decriminalization of homosexuality. Canadian House of Commons. 22 Dec. 1967, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada.

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