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There's No Such Thing As A Genius In Politics, Or At Least I Have Never Met One. There Are Only Human Beings, Some Better Than Others, Who Rise Or Fall On The Challenges They Meet.

Good Intentions Are Not An Excuse For Maladministration Of This Magnitude.

At One Point Trudeau Mentioned To Me That The National Gallery Wanted To Buy A Masterpiece By The Great Italian Painter Lotto, And It Needed A Million Dollars From The Treasury Board. "is That Lotto-quebec Or Lotto-canada?" I Joked, But I Got The Message, And The National Gallery Got The Painting.

I Didn't Feel The Need To Have A Lot Of Yes-men Standing Around Me. As Mitchell Sharp Once Put It, The Bigger The Staff, The Smaller The Minister.

The Problem Was, I Enjoyed Question Period Too Much And Loved The Challenge It Provided. Far From Being A Dreaded Burden, It Had Become An Exciting Part Of My Life; Opposition Members Attacked Me, I Fought Back, I Won Or Lost Or Held Them To Draw, And The Next Day We Did It All Over Again.