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I Learned Early That Business Is Business And Politics Is Politics. The Proof Is How Few Important Businessmen Have Made Good Politicians. They May Think That They Are Very Smart About Everything Because They Made Millions Of Dollars By Digging A Hole In The Ground And Finding Oil, But The Talent And Luck Needed To Become Rich Are Not The Same Talent And Luck Needed To Succeed On Parliament Hill.

Most Canadians Don't Understand The House Of Commons. They Turn On Their Televisions, See Us Yelling At One Another, And Dismiss Us As A Bunch Of Fools.

At One Point Trudeau Mentioned To Me That The National Gallery Wanted To Buy A Masterpiece By The Great Italian Painter Lotto, And It Needed A Million Dollars From The Treasury Board. "is That Lotto-quebec Or Lotto-canada?" I Joked, But I Got The Message, And The National Gallery Got The Painting.

Everybody Has The Right To Speak Up In A Democracy. We Would Be In Trouble As A Society If There Wasn't A Constant Pressure To Make Reforms And To Be Just. Sometimes As Prime Minister, When I Was Caught Up In A Really Loud Demonstration, I Used To Say To Myself That I Deserved It Because Of All The Demonstrations I Myself Had Organized As A Student Against Duplessis.

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.