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At summits Margaret Tatcher w...

At summits Margaret Tatcher was the only woman. Always perfectly coiffed, splendidly dressed - beautiful maroon or dark blue suits. That lovely diamond brooch. She would never speak to an issue without having absolutely exhausted the research on the file. She spoke very confidently because of it.

Brian Mulroney 58 quotes

Every cabinet minister gets a...

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

Brian Mulroney 58 quotes

I can see now a vision emergin...

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.

Brian Mulroney 58 quotes

For example, the Prime Ministe...

For example, the Prime Minister earlier this year talked about the importance of the Arctic to our future. He's right. A hundred years from now, the strength of Canada is going to be coming from our resources in the Arctic.

Brian Mulroney 58 quotes

If your only objective is to b...

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.

Brian Mulroney 58 quotes

I think the government has to ...

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

Brian Mulroney 58 quotes

We decided that the environmen...

We decided that the environment was an integral part of our policies and the political thrust of our government. We gave it the priority and we sustained it with the money required to make it happen.

Brian Mulroney 58 quotes

When I appointed the Minister ...

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.

Brian Mulroney 58 quotes

Whether the process proves to ...

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

Brian Mulroney 58 quotes

So that was Reagan's political...

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.

Brian Mulroney 58 quotes

I would go to them and I would...

I would go to them and I would explain this is the price of going forward. We're going to move ahead in all these other areas. We're moving ahead in tax reform and GST, we are moving ahead on trade, but this will not be done at the cost of the environment.

Brian Mulroney 58 quotes

I commend Sri Chinmoy for his ...

I commend Sri Chinmoy for his faith and serenity, and I hope he will continue to exert his calming and constructive influence on the international community for many years to come.

Brian Mulroney 58 quotes

First, President Reagan was no...

First, President Reagan was not enthusiastic. But I built up a relationship with him in other areas and then persuaded him that this was important to us and to me, and that we had to at least be in the process of looking at this seriously.

Brian Mulroney 58 quotes

Trudeau's contribution was not...

Trudeau's contribution was not to build Canada but to destroy it, and I had to come in and save it.

Brian Mulroney 58 quotes

The Conservatives over the yea...

The Conservatives over the years have done a great deal, from Sir John A, to Diefenbaker, and others.

Brian Mulroney 58 quotes

Once you articulate an agenda,...

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

Brian Mulroney 58 quotes

You have to spend your politic...

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

Brian Mulroney 58 quotes

There are so many demands on y...

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

Brian Mulroney 58 quotes

My second biggest mistake in l...

My second biggest mistake in life, for which I have no one to blame but myself, is having accepted payments in cash from Karlheinz Schreiber. My biggest mistake in life was pretending that I wasn't trying to avoid paying taxes on that money.

Brian Mulroney 58 quotes

And look, I was a big, brassy ...

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

Brian Mulroney 58 quotes

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