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I suppose, as a politician, I should be content, for the Canada Pension Plan certainly put my name in Canada's history books, and in italics.

— Judy LaMarsh Memoirs Of A Bird In A Gilded Cage (1969)

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Had it not been for Centennial, with its gaiety and its essential Canadianness, there could never have been a Trudeau as Prime Minister.

Memoirs Of A Bird In A Gilded Cage (1969)

The unexpressed aim of every politician is to influence events that history books will record his name - and spell it right.

Memoirs Of A Bird In A Gilded Cage (1969)

Perhaps in the long view, de Gaulle was more responsible with his troublesome interventions into our domestic politics, for unifying our country than we will ever give him credit for.

Memoirs Of A Bird In A Gilded Cage (1969)

Most women have a distaste for guns, and I am no exception.

Memoirs Of A Bird In A Gilded Cage (1969)

One of the things that has always been my undoing in politics is my readiness to do whatever job has to be done.

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