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You cannot name a Canadian prime minister who has done as many significant things as I did, because there are none.
Brian Mulroney
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There are so many demands on your time, on your resources, and on the prestige of the government.
Brian Mulroney
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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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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.
Brian Mulroney
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We decided that the environment was an integral part of our policies and the political thrust of our government. We gave it the priority and we sustained it with the money required to make it happen.
Brian Mulroney
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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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So that was Reagan's political problem. As a rancher in California, he was an environmentalist himself. But the President of the United States doesn't control everything that happens in Washington.
Brian Mulroney
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Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister.
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You accumulate political capital to spend it on noble causes for Canada. If you're afraid to spend your capital, you shouldn't be there.
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You can't be chasing 15 rabbits. Otherwise, the public mind cannot follow you.
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You have to spend your political capital on great causes for your country.
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