Judy LaMarsh Quotes

I cannot say that I have been hindered all my life by the permutation of genes that resulted in me being born a woman.

The year 1967 gave us the feeling of the one-ness of Canada, until it was rudely jolted by de Gaulle and his insensate call for a "free" Quebec. That visit robbed the Centennial year of its high shine and made the people of the other nine provinces aware as never before of the crisis of Confederation.

I have served the Liberal cause for twenty-two years. That ought to be long enough for anyones lifetime.

I took a hasty trip to Germany, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, and England to talk to the officials of each Government about their pension provisions, and to talk to the responsible ministers in each country about the political "whys" of their legislation.

( I was the first, and to date, the only woman veteran ever elected, and there is a surprisingly low percentage of veterans in Parliament.)

I have always thought that one of the signs of natural leaders of men (and women) was their readiness to take the necessary pains to keep their followers with them.

Whenever it was necessary to have a large entourage, we used military vehicles or, as for the two state funerals and our state swearing in, we hired every spare Cadillac from every undertaking firm in Ottawa. It's a make-shift way to operate a country of the size and rank of Canada.

Out of near disaster, came real progress.

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

A government may only govern so long as the people, through their representatives, vote it the money to carry on.

I had always assumed that if I made it to Parliament I would not remain a back bencher.

We were always expected to see Quebec's side of things, but there was damned little reciprocity.

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

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

Pearson had a good grasp of French, although his accent was terrible.