“The art of politics is learning to walk with your back to the wall,”
Source: Straight From The Heart (1985), Chapter Five, A Balancing Act, p. 118
Context: The art of politics is learning to walk with your back to the wall, your elbows high, and a smile on your face. It's a survival game played under the glare of lights.
Preface, p. 10
Straight From The Heart (1985)
Source: My Years As Prime Minister (2007), Chapter Eight, Tales from the Nineteenth Hole, p. 198
Source: My Years As Prime Minister (2007), Chapter Fourteen, Vive le Canada, p. 406
“Politics is a game of friends.”
Source: Straight From The Heart (1985), Chapter One, A Passion For Politics, p. 23
“Vision is not political rhetoric.”
Source: My Years As Prime Minister (2007), Chapter Eleven, No the Retiring Type, p. 264
Source: Straight From The Heart (1985), Chapter Nine, Main Street...Bay Street, p. 211
Source: My Years As Prime Minister (2007), Chapter Nine, But Who Watches The Dog?, p. 211
“To be frank, politics is about wanting power, getting it, exercising it, and keeping it.”
Entre Nous, p. 2
My Years As Prime Minister (2007)