I learned early that business is business and politics is politics. The proof is how few important businessmen have made good politicians. They may think that they are very smart about everything because they made millions of dollars by digging… — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
At one point Trudeau mentioned to me that the National Gallery wanted to buy a masterpiece by the great Italian painter Lotto, and it needed a million dollars from the Treasury Board. "Is that Lotto-Quebec or Lotto-Canada?" I joked, but… — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
It is not the government's purpose to make a profit the way a company does, because a company doesn't have to give a damn… — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
Trudeau valued performance above image. He Knew he could give me a shovel if there was a mess to clean up, and he kept… — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
I was proud to have been the anti-establishment candidate after more than twenty years in politics, a small town guy fighting for the ordinary… — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
To be frank, politics is about wanting power, getting it, exercising it, and keeping it. — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
God gave me a physical defect, I've accepted that since I was a kid. When I was a kid people were laughing at me.… — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
But I accepted that because God gave me other qualities and I’m grateful. — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
There is nothing more nervous than a million dollars - it moves very fast, and it doesn't speak any language. — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
Some information has to remain in the privy of the office of the Prime Minister and the ministers for the proper administration of government. — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
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… — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
The two of us had come a long way together from our humble beginnings and the basement apartment that had been our first home… — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
I was stricken by news and television pictures coming from the United States this morning. It is impossible to fully comprehend the evil that… — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
