Jean Chretien

President Bush is a friend of mine. He's not a moron at all.

— Jean Chretien

It is not the government's purpose to make a profit the way a company does, because a company doesn't have to give…

— Jean Chretien

Trudeau valued performance above image. He Knew he could give me a shovel if there was a mess to clean up, and…

— Jean Chretien

I was proud to have been the anti-establishment candidate after more than twenty years in politics, a small town guy fighting for…

— Jean Chretien

To be frank, politics is about wanting power, getting it, exercising it, and keeping it.

— Jean Chretien

God gave me a physical defect, I've accepted that since I was a kid. When I was a kid people were laughing…

— Jean Chretien

But I accepted that because God gave me other qualities and I’m grateful.

— Jean Chretien

There is nothing more nervous than a million dollars - it moves very fast, and it doesn't speak any language.

— Jean Chretien

Some information has to remain in the privy of the office of the Prime Minister and the ministers for the proper administration…

— Jean Chretien

There's no such thing as a genius in politics, or at least I have never met one. There are only human beings,…

— Jean Chretien

The two of us had come a long way together from our humble beginnings and the basement apartment that had been our…

— Jean Chretien

I was stricken by news and television pictures coming from the United States this morning. It is impossible to fully comprehend the…

— Jean Chretien

Our old - fashioned system is better than any new - fangled voting machine. Not only is it guaranteed to work, but…

— Jean Chretien

Deficit reduction is not an end in itself. It is the means to an end. Canadians must now decide what kind of…

— Jean Chretien

A successful politician must not only be able to read the mood of the public, he must have the skill to get…

— Jean Chretien

“I don't know. A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof, and…

— Jean Chrétien

Over the years, I have seen too many politicians ruin their careers because they could not accept defeat graciously.

— Jean Chretien

A man can't ask for much more than the chance to make a difference in his chosen field of work. Politics is…

— Jean Chretien

Aline and I have travelled a very long, very hard road together, from our working class homes in rural Quebec to the…

— Jean Chretien

A leader has to know how the system functions - not just the system of government but the whole social and economic…

— Jean Chretien

I've never believed in seeking perfection at the risk of losing everything.

— Jean Chretien

Pierre Trudeau dreamed of a society that afforded all of its citizens an equal opportunity to succeed in life -- whatever their…

— Jean Chretien

For all its prestige, its fabulous views, its indoor pool, and its lovely garden, 24 Sussex is more like an old hotel…

— Jean Chretien

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

— Jean Chretien

Politics is a game of friends.

— Jean Chretien