Wisdom from Canada's best and brightest? You be the judge

After posting yesterday about John Crosbie and his unique brand of wisdom I got to thinking it might be interesting to further explore Canada's political braintrust over the years.  So after doing some research on the internet (isn't it grand?) I found literally hundred's of pearls of wisdom that have come from the lips of Canadian politicians. I sifted through them for ones that truly reflected the intelligence of the speaker so here goes nothing......

• "As longs as I'm saying what I really think, I'm prepared to stand by it"
  Vancouver Sun 1983, Kim Campbell (Short term PM,  AKA Mulroney Sacrificial Lamb)
• "I'm not going to play politics on the floor of the House of Commons"
  House of Commons 1987, John Turner (Short Term PM, AKA Trudeau Lap Dog)
• "Popularity is bad for you..I try to avoid it like the plaque, and I've been reasonably successful"
  Election Campaign 1992, Brian Mulroney (PM for 3 terms, for the most part 2 and a bit too many)
• "My strategy has always been to stay on course unless a change, of course is announced. And if it is, of course, we will announce it"
  Speaking about his governments economic policy 1984, John Turner PM ( see above for character description)

 Had enough "wisdom" yet..... If not there is more to follow