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

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Brian Mulroney
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: March 20
Former Prime Minister Of Canada
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Martin Brian Mulroney
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Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister.
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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.
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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.
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You can't be chasing 15 rabbits. Otherwise, the public mind cannot follow you.
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Once you articulate an agenda, you have to follow it.
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You have to spend your political capital on great causes for your country.
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Like all of us, there were many facets to Margaret Thatcher's personality. In private she was kind, thoughtful, charming. Very attentive to her interlocutors. She took time to be concerned - she knew all about my children and wife Mila and so on.
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Trudeau's contribution was not to build Canada but to destroy it, and I had to come in and save it.
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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 for a mandate he gave me after I left office... My biggest mistake in life, by far, was ever agreeing to be introduced to Karlheinz Schreiber in the first place.
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Nobody has achievements like this ... you cannot name a Canadian prime minister who has done as many significant things as I did, because there are none.
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I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities.
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Whether the process proves to be Kyoto or something else, let's acknowledge the urgency of global warming.
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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.
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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.
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