Economics has been called the dismal science. Once you get to understand it, you may not find it so dismal, but you don't find it much of a science e… - Jean Chrétien

A leader has to know how the system functions - not just the system of government but the whole social and economic system, including business, the unions, and the universities.

I learned early that business is business and politics is politics. The proof is how few important businessmen have made good politicians. They may think that they are very smart about everything because they made millions of dollars by digging a hole in the ground and finding oil, but the talent and luck needed to become rich are not the same talent and luck needed to succeed on Parliament Hill.

Vision is not political rhetoric.