Famous quotes by Statesmans

"Any time you have a situation in which you are calling for more time rather than calling for Iraq to immediately comply, it plays into the hands of Saddam Hussein"

Condoleezza Rice, Statesman

"We Canadians are not given as a people to great patriotic displays"

Kim Campbell, Statesman

"Despite our high rate of unemployment, 300,000 jobs go unfilled, largely because many of the unemployed lack the skills needed today as a result of technological progress"

Kim Campbell, Statesman

"In all modesty, we must admit that governments are not always the best doctors when it comes to diagnosing economic ailments and prescribing the right treatment"

Kim Campbell, Statesman

"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, Statesman

"For people on social assistance, the loss of free dental care, prescription drugs and subsidized housing can greatly outweigh additional income from working. We've all heard the stories"

Kim Campbell, Statesman

"For over 20 years, the federal and provincial governments have made enormous efforts, employing a variety of approaches, in an attempt to stimulate Montreal's economy"

Kim Campbell, Statesman

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

Kim Campbell, Statesman

"The world has changed profoundly since our programs were first established"

Kim Campbell, Statesman

"Since the end of the Second World War, our population has more than doubled to 27 million people"

Kim Campbell, Statesman

"I'd be prouder still to say I was Canada's 10th woman prime minister"

Kim Campbell, Statesman

"I have always believed governments must adapt to the needs of the people, not the other way around"

Kim Campbell, Statesman

"An increasing number of Canadians must juggle the demands of work with the need to care for children, or for family members who are ill or too frail to care for themselves. Our programs have simply not kept pace with these societal changes"

Kim Campbell, Statesman

"Governments allocate enormous resources for social programs. And it is true that for many years we have had one of the best social service systems in the world. Yet we are still incapable of meeting the needs of tens of thousands of Canadian families"

Kim Campbell, Statesman

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

Kim Campbell, Statesman

"It would be naive to imagine we have solved all our income security problems simply because the roles of the federal and provincial governments in the area of skills training have been clarified"

Kim Campbell, Statesman

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

Kim Campbell, Statesman

"I believe it is time for new leadership that is able to leave the '70s behind"

Kim Campbell, Statesman

"For too many, to work means having less income"

Kim Campbell, Statesman

"For me, unemployment and poverty in the Greater Montreal area is not mainly a problem of structure, or design, or statistics. It is a profoundly human situation"

Kim Campbell, Statesman

"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, Statesman

"Our first Prime Minister saw a country that would be known for its generosity of spirit. And so it is"

Kim Campbell, Statesman

"On the same day I was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada, I announced the most sweeping reform ever undertaken in the structure of our federal government"

Kim Campbell, Statesman

"Government cannot and must not replace private initiative"

Kim Campbell, Statesman

"You only require two things in life: your sanity and your wife"

Tony Blair, Statesman

"We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world"

Tony Blair, Statesman

"Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number, but often manage to dominate the headline"

Tony Blair, Statesman

"This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism"

Tony Blair, Statesman

"There is no way you're going to have an event like 9/11 and expect things to remain the same. They killed 3,000 people in New York on that day, and if they could have, they would've killed 300,000"

Tony Blair, Statesman

"There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must"

Tony Blair, Statesman

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