Jean Chretien Quotes

"If military action [in Iraq] is launched without a new [U.N.] resolution, Canada will not participate."

"You have to look at history as an evolution of society."

"Good intentions are not an excuse for maladministration of this magnitude,"

"Young people from 100 countries have come to Toronto to celebrate and reaffirm their faith, and to do so in a spirit ... that recognizes and values the dignity of freedom for all peoples,"

"The seven astronauts on board were accomplished women and men of great courage who put their extraordinary skills and knowledge to the service of humankind,"

"Saddam Hussein has brought this crisis on himself,"

"the fast lane for Canada-U.S. trade. Twenty-five percent of our two-way trade, or 120 billion U.S. dollars, travels the bridge; seven thousand trucks cross it every day. The value of the trade that crosses this bridge exceeds all of U.S. trade with Japan."

"Ten years ago, in the aftermath of the referendum in Quebec, the very existence of Canada was on the line... I had a responsibility to ensure that Canada never again came close to the precipice,"

"I'm not to take the blame for something that's not true."

"We've discussed democracy, we have a clause of democracy, ... We've discussed what's needed to help the 800 million people in the hemisphere. We have discussed the environment, we have discussed education, we have discussed health, and all the leaders were very, very happy with what happened."

"But I tell you I was very proud of them, because they took it with such great class. Both of them. They said, 'We are not judges, we've done our best.' And it was a fabulous performance, and I am told that in Canada they had a strong reaction, and even in the United States."

"There is no evidence before him to support that allegation."

"Pierre Trudeau dreamed of a society that afforded all of its citizens an equal opportunity to succeed in life -- whatever their background or beliefs, whether rich or poor,"

"and I'll sleep very, very, very well."

"Pierre Trudeau, the embodiment of the dream of a just society, has left us,"