101 Quotes by Jean Chrétien

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.