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You accumulate political capital to spend it on noble causes for Canada. If you're afraid to spend your capital, you shouldn't be there.

A wise governor told me a long time ago, political capital you don't get more of by keeping it. You get it by using it.

My main capital isn't the money. I respect myself; I respect my country.

Once you've built the big machinery of political power, remember you won't always be the one to run it.

If there is a political cause, then there has to be a political solution.

As President Bush has said on numerous occasions, it is the government's role to create the conditions, the friendly environment, that will attract capital.

You can gain in your effectiveness as a politician from a wide acquaintance with the world and from a degree of independence that having some outside interests gives.

When you have a country that's been accustomed to government spending at a certain level, it is really hard to ratchet it back.

You are a large country, you have many resources, and you have people who are highly capable.

Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.