Nobody has a monopoly on good ideas

Unions are about the collective leverage, the power of numbers versus the power of capital.

The skies were blue when I was coming up. I want my kids to have the same opportunity, if not better, than I had.

You may lose your wife, you may lose your dog, your mother may hate you. None of those things matter. What matters is that you achieve success and become free. Then you can do whatever you like.

I have met many entrepreneurs who have the passion and even the work ethic to succeed - but who are so obsessed with an idea that they don't see its obvious flaws. Think about that. If you can't even acknowledge your failures, how can you cut the rope and move on?

I'm ashamed of what has happened to Canada. And I'm not leaving a $1.5 trillion deficit to my kids. No chance in hell is that happening.

I think a book is your calling card, your business card.