In politics, Madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy.

Quote by Brian Mulroney

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The biggest trading partner of the United States is not West Germany or Japan, it's...

The biggest trading partner of the United States is not West Germany or Japan, it's...

There are so many demands on your time, on your resources, and on the prestige...

There are so many demands on your time, on your resources, and on the prestige...

Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister.

Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister.

You can't be chasing 15 rabbits. Otherwise, the public mind cannot follow you.

You can't be chasing 15 rabbits. Otherwise, the public mind cannot follow you.

The biggest trading partner of the United States is not West Germany or Japan, it's...

The biggest trading partner of the United States is not West Germany or Japan, it's...

So that was Reagan's political problem. As a rancher in California, he was an environmentalist...

So that was Reagan's political problem. As a rancher in California, he was an environmentalist...

I can see now a vision emerging how Canada is going to profit in the...

I can see now a vision emerging how Canada is going to profit in the...

Once you articulate an agenda, you have to follow it.

Once you articulate an agenda, you have to follow it.

Whether the process proves to be Kyoto or something else, let's acknowledge the urgency of...

Whether the process proves to be Kyoto or something else, let's acknowledge the urgency of...

I would go to them and I would explain this is the price of going...

I would go to them and I would explain this is the price of going...

And look, I was a big, brassy guy who won and won big. I did...

And look, I was a big, brassy guy who won and won big. I did...

If your only objective is to be popular, you're going to be popular but you...

If your only objective is to be popular, you're going to be popular but you...

If everything is very important, then nothing is important.

If everything is very important, then nothing is important.

We created the Cabinet Committee on the Environment to review the environmental implications of all...

We created the Cabinet Committee on the Environment to review the environmental implications of all...

I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international...

I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international...

You cannot name a Canadian prime minister who has done as many significant things as...

You cannot name a Canadian prime minister who has done as many significant things as...

You have to spend your political capital on great causes for your country.

You have to spend your political capital on great causes for your country.

When I appointed the Minister of the Environment to major cabinet status, the Planning and...

When I appointed the Minister of the Environment to major cabinet status, the Planning and...

We decided that the environment was an integral part of our policies and the political...

We decided that the environment was an integral part of our policies and the political...

I am not denying anything I did not say.

I am not denying anything I did not say.