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
In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy. – Brian Mulroney
For example, the Prime Minister earlier this year talked about the importance of the Arctic to our future. Hes right. A hundred years from now, the strength of Canada is going to be coming from our resources in the Arctic. – Brian Mulroney
We created the Cabinet Committee on the Environment to review the environmental implications of all government initiatives. I think what made us successful was the fact that it was a sustained approach. We did something new every year. – Brian Mulroney
A state that suppresses all freedom of speech, and which by imposing the most terrible punishments, treats each and every attempt at criticism, however morally justified, and every suggestion for improvement as plotting to high treason, is a state that breaks an unwritten law. – Kurt Huber