Jean Chretien Quotes - Page 2

• Los políticos de todas las tendencias corren siempre el peligro de considerar cada problema desde un punto de vista abstracto o de ser informados por funcionarios, académicos o economistas que conocen todas las ciencias menos la ciencia de la naturaleza humana.

  Jean Chretien

  Vistas, Rayas, Problema

  Jean Chretien (2010). "Mis años como Primer Ministro", p.238, Vintage Canada

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• There will be no silence from Canada. Our friendship has no limit. Generation after generation we have traveled many difficult miles together side by side.

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  Silence, Political, Together

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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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  Yelling, House, Television

  "Directamente del corazón". Libro de Jean Chrétien, 1985.

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• 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 Canadian.

  Jean Chretien

  Lucha, Años, Guy

  "Directamente del corazón". Libro de Jean Chrétien, 1985.

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• You have to look at history as an evolution of society.

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  History, Tourism, Looks

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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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  Moving, Giving, Clean

  Jean Chretien (2010). “My Years as Prime Minister”, p.16, Vintage Canada

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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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  Years, Careers, Ruins

  Jean Chretien (2010). “My Years as Prime Minister”, p.150, Vintage Canada

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• 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.

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  Vegas, Gambling, Choices

  Jean Chretien (2010). “My Years as Prime Minister”, p.287, Vintage Canada

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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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  Self, Arrogant, World

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• Obviously, I would have been happier if Canada had not been conquered in the past by the English, if this part of North America had remained French, but you can't rewrite history.

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  Past, America, Canada

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• The problem was, I enjoyed Question Period too much and loved the challenge it provided. Far from being a dreaded burden, it had become an exciting part of my life; opposition members attacked me, I fought back, I won or lost or held them to draw, and the next day we did it all over again.

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  Next Day, Challenges, Too Much

  "Mis años como Primer Ministro". Libro de Jean Chrétien, 2007.

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• 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 I got the message, and the National Gallery got the painting.

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  Italian, Dollars, Boards

  "Directamente del corazón". Libro de Jean Chrétien, 1985.

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• If military action in Iraq is launched without a new U.N. resolution, Canada will not participate.

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  Military, Iraq, Canada

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• It is impossible to fully comprehend the evil that would have conjured up such a cowardly and depraved assault upon thousands of innocent people.

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  People, Evil, September 11

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• Vision is not political rhetoric.

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  Political, Vision, Rhetoric

  Jean Chretien (2010). “My Years as Prime Minister”, p.264, Vintage Canada

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• Una cosa es que un servicio de mensajería transporte cartas y documentos de una ciudad a otra a un coste que sólo las grandes empresas pueden permitirse; pero otra cosa es llevar una carta de un niño indio que estudia en la Universidad de Ottawa a su madre en Old Crow.

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  Mother, Boys, Cities

  "Directamente del corazón". Libro de Jean Chrétien, 1985.

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• Aline and I have travelled a very long, very hard road together, from our working class homes in rural Quebec to the palaces of London, Paris, Moscow, and Beijing. Politics was the route, public service the reward.

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  Home, Class, Paris

  Jean Chretien (2010). “My Years as Prime Minister”, p.408, Vintage Canada

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• Ten years ago, in the aftermath of the referendum in Quebec, the very existence of Canada was on the line... I had a responsibility to ensure that Canada never again came close to the precipice.

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  Responsibility, Years, Aftermath

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• For all its prestige, its fabulous views, its indoor pool, and its lovely garden, 24 Sussex is more like an old hotel than a modern home.

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  Home, Garden, Views

  "Mis años como Primer Ministro". Libro de Jean Chrétien, 2007.

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• 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.

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  Country, Mean, Want

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• 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

  Government, Office, Information

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• The two of us had come a long way together from our humble beginnings and the basement apartment that had been our first home as newlyweds in 1957, when I was still a law student at Laval University in Quebec City.

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  Home, Humble, Law

  "Mis años como Primer Ministro". Libro de Jean Chrétien, 2007.

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

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  Grateful, Quality, Accepted

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• Tres meses después, el 5 de septiembre de 2001, en un evento pro-am previo al Abierto de Canadá en el Royal Montreal Golf Club, me invitaron a jugar una ronda con Tiger Woods. Nada en el mundo de la política me había puesto tan nervioso como ese partido de golf.

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  Golf, Juegos, Jugar

  "Mis años como Primer Ministro". Libro de Jean Chrétien, 2007.

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