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"There are so many demands on your time, on your resources, and on the prestige of the government."
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"Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us."
"I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world."
"There shall be no end to the government of God."
"For a country to have a great writer is like having another government. That's why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones."
"No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision."
"Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles."
"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."
"For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery."
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"We created the Cabinet Committee on the Environment to review the environmental implications of all government initiatives. I think what made us successful was the fact that it was a sustained approach. We did something new every year."
"The Conservatives over the years have done a great deal, from Sir John A, to Diefenbaker, and others."
"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."
"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!"
"You cannot name a Canadian prime minister who has done as many significant things as I did, because there are none."
"You accumulate political capital to spend it on noble causes for Canada. If you're afraid to spend your capital, you shouldn't be there."
"So that was Reagan's political problem. As a rancher in California, he was an environmentalist himself. But the President of the United States doesn't control everything that happens in Washington."
"If your only objective is to be popular, you're going to be popular but you will be known as the Prime Minister who achieved nothing."
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