Jean Chretien Quotes

I didn't feel the need to have a lot of yes-men standing around me. As Mitchell Sharp once put it, the bigger the staff, the smaller the minister.

Jean Chretien

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• Mitchell Sharp

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• I didn't feel the need to have a lot of yes-men standing around me. As Mitchell Sharp once put it, the bigger the staff, the smaller the minister.

  

  Jean Chretien
  • Minister
  • Staff
  • Mitchell Sharp