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Jean Chretien Quotes

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President Bush is a friend of mine. He’s not a moron at all.  (Jean Chretien Quotes) Our old - fashioned system is better than any new - fangled voting machine. Not only is it guaranteed to work, but there is something I find appealing in putting a mark on a piece of paper for the candidate of your choice, as opposed to pulling a lever as if you were gambling on a slot machine in Las Vegas  (Jean Chretien Quotes) Three months later, on September 5, 2001, at a pro-am event preceding the Canadian Open at the Royal Montreal Golf Club, I was invited to play a round with Tiger Woods. Nothing in the game of politics had ever been as nerve-racking as that game of golf  (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 Quotes) 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  (Jean Chretien Quotes) Over the years, I have seen too many politicians ruin their careers because they could not accept defeat graciously  (Jean Chretien Quotes) Deficit reduction is not an end in itself. It is the means to an end. Canadians must now decide what kind of country they want to build with the hard-won dividend  (Jean Chretien Quotes) 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.  (Jean Chretien Quotes) 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.  (Jean Chretien Quotes) 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.  (Jean Chretien Quotes) Pierre Trudeau dreamed of a society that afforded all of its citizens an equal opportunity to succeed in life -- whatever their background or beliefs, whether rich or poor,  (Jean Chretien Quotes) A man can’t ask for much more than the chance to make a difference in his chosen field of work. Politics is my vocation. I’m forever grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this great country of ours. I know I am a better person for it.  (Jean Chretien Quotes) Good intentions are not an excuse for maladministration of this magnitude,  (Jean Chretien Quotes) Good intentions are not an excuse for maladministration of this magnitude  (Jean Chretien Quotes) Vision is not political rhetoric  (Jean Chretien Quotes) You have to look at history as an evolution of society  (Jean Chretien Quotes) To be frank, politics is about wanting power, getting it, exercising it, and keeping it  (Jean Chretien Quotes) I’ve never believed in seeking perfection at the risk of losing everything  (Jean Chretien Quotes) Politics is a game of friends  (Jean Chretien Quotes) 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  (Jean Chretien Quotes) 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  (Jean Chretien Quotes) The art of politics is learning to walk with your back to the wall, your elbows high, and a smile on your face. It’s a survival game played under the glare of lights  (Jean Chretien Quotes) 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  (Jean Chretien Quotes) It is impossible to fully comprehend the evil that would have conjured up such a cowardly and depraved assault upon thousands of innocent people  (Jean Chretien Quotes) To my mind losing is always better than never trying, because you can never tell what may happen  (Jean Chretien Quotes) A man can’t ask for much more than the chance to make a difference in his chosen field of work. Politics is my vocation. I’m forever grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this great country of ours. I know I am a better person for it  (Jean Chretien Quotes) A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It’s a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it’s because it’s proven  (Jean Chretien Quotes)