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For all its prestige, its fabulous views, its indoor pool, and its lovely garden, 24 Sussex is more like an old hotel than a modern home.

— Jean Chrétien My Years As Prime Minister (2007)

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To my mind losing is always better than never trying, because you can never tell what may happen.

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I've never believed in seeking perfection at the risk of losing everything.

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To be frank, politics is about wanting power, getting it, exercising it, and keeping it.

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