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Canuck Quotes: Jean Chrétien

December 7, 2010 By Pat Williams

Jean Chrétien Canadian Prime Minister

“A prime minister has a unique duty to preserve the integrity of the office. It is not about power. It is about responsibility.”
Jean Chrétien
Prime Minister of Canada 2002

“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. If you don’t learn that you’re quickly finished. It’s damn tough and you can’t complain; you just have to take it and give it back. The press wants to get you. The opposition wants to get you. Even some of the bureaucrats want to get you. They all may have an interest in making you look bad and they all have ambitions of their own.”
Jean Chrétien, 1985

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