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Joe Clark Quotes

born 1939 Canada

Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark (born June 5, 1939) is a Canadian elder statesman, businessman, writer, and politician who served as the 16th Prime Minister of Canada, from June 4, 1979, to March 3, 1980.

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It has been my ironic lot to be seen as both a statesman and a scrapper. The statesman is the more respectable reputation. But the scrapper is what these last four years have required.

You will know that in our most recent skirmishes, I won some debating points and he won another general election.

We will not take this nation by stealth or by surprise. We will win it by work.

I do more than reflect and respect this country, I fight for it...the question for Canadians is "Can we win?" Yes, we can win except when we are fighting ourselves.

Mr. Speaker, as I was saying on November 27, 1979, before I was so rudely interrupted...

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Joe Clark (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.