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

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.

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

Out of near disaster, came real progress.

Everyone is an expert on T.V., just as he is on education; everyone has some education and a T.V. set.

My uncertain temper is cooling, as is my sense of racing against time to accomplish the things I want to. I don't have to go anywhere or see anyone I don't want to now, and it is a glorious feeling!

Whenever Canada moves to protect its own industries and people, it is subjected to violent attacks in the U.S. Congress and to threats of economic retaliation.