Jean Chretien Quotes About Politicians

Quotes about: Politicians

• A successful politician must not only be able to read the mood of the public, he must have the skill to get the public on his side. The public is moved by mood more than logic, by instinct more than reason, and that is something that every politician must make use of or guard against.

  Jean Chretien

  Successful, Skills, Use

  "Straight from the Heart". Book by Jean Chretien, 1985.

• 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.

  Jean Chretien

  Smart, Thinking, Digging A Hole

  "Straight from the Heart". Book by Jean Chretien, 1985.

• There will be no silence from Canada. Our friendship has no limit. Generation after generation we have traveled many difficult miles together side by side.

  Jean Chretien

  Silence, Political, Together

• Over the years, I have seen too many politicians ruin their careers because they could not accept defeat graciously.

  Jean Chretien

  Years, Careers, Ruins

  Jean Chretien (2010). “My Years as Prime Minister”, p.150, Vintage Canada

• Politicians of all stripes are always in danger at looking at every problem from an abstract point of view or being briefed by officials, academics, or economists who know every science but the science of human nature.

  Jean Chretien

  Views, Stripes, Problem

  Jean Chretien (2010). “My Years as Prime Minister”, p.238, Vintage Canada

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