Jean Chretien Quotes
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There is nothing more nervous than a million dollars - it moves very fast, and it doesn't speak any language.
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I don't know what is marijuana. Perhaps I will try it when it will no longer be criminal. I will have my money for my fine and a joint in the other hand.
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Trudeau valued performance above image. He Knew he could give me a shovel if there was a mess to clean up, and he kept moving me from one mess to another.
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There's no such thing as a genius in politics, or at least I have never met one. There are only human beings, some better than others, who rise or fall on the challenges they meet.
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Over the years, I have seen too many politicians ruin their careers because they could not accept defeat graciously.
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This gives us no pleasure, ... Canada is not a nation that rushes to embrace the use of force. We do not lightly endorse military action. For us it is always the last resort.
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You have to look at history as an evolution of society.
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Economics has been called the dismal science. Once you get to understand it, you may not find it so dismal, but you don't find it much of a science either.
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I am not an expert but I watched it with Eileen, and we were extremely disappointed because (Canada's Jamie) Sale and (David) Pelletier had done a fabulous performance, but I am not a judge.
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It's one thing for a courier service transport letters and documents from one city to another at a cost that only big business can afford; but it's another thing to take a letter from an Indian boy studying at the University of Ottawa to his mother in Old Crow.
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Most Canadians don't understand the House of Commons. They turn on their televisions, see us yelling at one another, and dismiss us as a bunch of fools.
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But I tell you I was very proud of them, because they took it with such great class. Both of them. They said, 'We are not judges, we've done our best.' And it was a fabulous performance, and I am told that in Canada they had a strong reaction, and even in the United States.
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Vision is not political rhetoric.
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Canadian federalism is more than a form of government. It's also a system of values that allows different people in diverse communities to live and work together in harmony for the good of all.
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When you're a mayor and you have a problem you blame the provincial government. If you are provincial government and you have a problem you blame the federal government. We don't blame the Queen any more, so once in a while we might blame the Americans.
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It was like getting a call from a brother.
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Each one was a hero. Their contribution to science and space exploration will never be forgotten.
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I must admit that I didn't think we would succeed.
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A leader has to know how the system functions - not just the system of government but the whole social and economic system, including business, the unions, and the universities.
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To be frank, politics is about wanting power, getting it, exercising it, and keeping it.
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The Western world is ... looked upon as being arrogant, self-satisfied, greedy and with no limits. And Sept. 11 is an occasion for me to realize it even more.
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President Bush is a friend of mine. He's not a moron at all.
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I've never believed in seeking perfection at the risk of losing everything.
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If military action in Iraq is launched without a new U.N. resolution, Canada will not participate.