Brian Mulroney Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I can see now a vision emerging how Canada is going to profit in the future from our Arctic resources without destroying the environment on which it is all based.”

“So that was Reagan's political problem. As a rancher in California, he was an environmentalist himself. But the President of the United States doesn't control everything that happens in Washington.”

“We created the Cabinet Committee on the Environment to review the environmental implications of all government initiatives. I think what made us successful was the fact that it was a sustained approach. We did something new every year.”

“Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister.”

“Once you articulate an agenda, you have to follow it.”

“There are so many demands on your time, on your resources, and on the prestige of the government.”

“First, President Reagan was not enthusiastic. But I built up a relationship with him in other areas and then persuaded him that this was important to us and to me, and that we had to at least be in the process of looking at this seriously.”