Some of you may have been hoping that to... by Kim Campbell

Man Time Politician May Today

Some of you may have been hoping that today I would speak about Lucien Bouchard's latest economic theories. But I have decided to spare him for the time being: after all, he is a man.

- Kim Campbell

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Exercise Pride Government

To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray the historical role Quebec has always played in Confederation, and to undermine the legitimacy of their pride and ambitions.

- Kim Campbell

Future Want

I know Quebecers don't want to relive old battles; they prefer to build for the future.

- Kim Campbell

Policy Practice

We have to define and put into practice a better, more coherent and effective policy on income security.

- Kim Campbell

Hope Want

Canadians want to see real hope restored, not false hopes raised.

- Kim Campbell

Government

Government cannot and must not replace private initiative.

- Kim Campbell

There is no greater honour than to serve Canadians.

- Kim Campbell

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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.

- Francis Bacon

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

- Maimonides

God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man.

- Arthur Young

Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth - look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.

- Soren Kierkegaard