May 16, 2025

[On being prime minister] Sometimes the strain is awful, you have to resort to Jane Austen.

The key to building a superstar is to keep their mouth shut. To reveal an artist to the people can be to destroy him.

Kim Campbell, the first female prime minister of Canada, was right when she said a 47-day-long election campaign (Imagine a campaign of only 47 days!) was not enough time to reconsider the nation’s social programs. But she was wrong to say so.