Jean Chrétien

“I will be the prime minister of all Canadians, not just the ones who voted for me.”

“When you're in a hole, stop digging.”

“You can't have a strong economy without a strong society, and you can't have a strong society without a strong economy.”

“It is very important for a country to have a memory.”

“In politics, you have to be able to tell people to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.”

“There is no monopoly on virtue.”

“A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven.”

“For me, a québécois is a canadian. I'm a canadian, I'm a québécois.”

“Politics is a jungle — torn between doing the right thing and staying in office.”

“The first law of politics is to be able to count.”

“Canada is a country of tolerance. We are a country of inclusion, not exclusion.”

“I put a chokehold on him. I call it the Shawinigan handshake.”