#prime minister

In 1995 the whole political situation was very complicated. I was the first deputy prime minister, and at the same time I had very low influence in the government. ↗

— Anatoly Chubais

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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. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#going #known #minister #nothing #objective

For example, the Prime Minister earlier this year talked about the importance of the Arctic to our future. He's right. A hundred years from now, the strength of Canada is going to be coming from our resources in the Arctic. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#arctic #canada #coming #earlier #example

It's my responsibility, and entirely my fault, Of course I regret it. It's the kind of locker-room conversation we all use, but as prime minister I shouldn't have used it. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#course #entirely #fault #i #kind

You cannot name a Canadian prime minister who has done as many significant things as I did, because there are none. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#canadian #cannot #did #done #i

The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what will likely be a difficult process as the newly elected Council of Representatives selects the next prime minister, president, and speaker of the council. ↗

— David Petraeus

#could #council #difficult #during #elected

This past year has been very turbulent for the Middle East, and my conversation with Prime Minister Netanyahu strengthened my belief that we need to remain vigilant in our support of our critical ally. ↗

— Rob Portman

#been #belief #conversation #critical #east

I grew up thinking that if I wanted to go be prime minister, I could. ↗

— Caroline Rhea

#go #grew #i #minister #prime

Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#every #gets #minister #mission #prime

The Canadian government continues to say they will not help us if we go to war with Iraq. However, the prime minister of Canada said he'd like to help, but he's pretty sure that last time he checked, Canada had no army. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

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