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"In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy."
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"If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair."
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"To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart."
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"We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits."
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"When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend."
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"What lies before us? Horrible thoughts arise in my heart. If we had died before today we should have been happy."
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"To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it."
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"When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative."
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"However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship."
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"Friends need not agree in everything or go always together, or have no comparable other friendships of the same intimacy."
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"Here the whole world (stars, water, air,And field, and forest, as they wereReflected in a single mind)Like cast off clothes was left behindIn ashes, yet with hopes that she,Re-born from holy poverty,In lenten lands, hereafter mayResume them on her Easter Day."(Epitaph for Joy Davidman)"
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"I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities."
Government
"I can see now a vision emerging how Canada is going to profit in the future from our Arctic resources without destroying the environment on which it is all based."
Vision
"You can't be chasing 15 rabbits. Otherwise, the public mind cannot follow you."
Mind
"If everything is very important, then nothing is important."
Nothing
"There are so many demands on your time, on your resources, and on the prestige of the government."
Government
"Trudeau's contribution was not to build Canada but to destroy it, and I had to come in and save it."
Leadership
"And, of course, the fact that Maurice Strong, a Canadian, was in charge made it important for us to pull up our socks and become leaders in this field. Now, here is a field we should be a leader in!"
Leadership
"When I appointed the Minister of the Environment to major cabinet status, the Planning and Priorities committee, the signals that that sent through Ottawa were major, because that's what the bureaucracy understands."
Leadership
"In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy."
Friendship
"You have to spend your political capital on great causes for your country."
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