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“I wasn't surprised that she crossed over to the Liberals. I don't think she ever did have a Conservative bone in her body. Well, maybe one.”

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Ralph Klein

Source: As quoted in "Welcome to Ralph's World: 10 of Ralph Klein's most colourful quotes" http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/welcome-to-ralph-s-world-10-of-ralph-klein-s-most-colourful-quotes-1.1216791, CTV News

“There’s an old saying in politics: anyone dumb enough to run for the job probably is too stupid to have it.”

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Ralph Klein

Source: As quoted in "Ralph Klein’s most memorable quotes" http://globalnews.ca/news/439807/ralph-klein-was-a-sound-bite-gold-mine/, Global News

“I’ve been to Vulcan where I’ve been vulcanized, Carbon where you get carbonated and Standard where you get standardized. Ernie Isley’s invited me to Castor … and I’m not looking forward to it.”

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Ralph Klein

Source: As quoted in "The best quotes from Ralph Klein’s colourful public life" http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-best-quotes-from-ralph-kleins-colourful-public-life/article10577310/, The Globe and Mail

“The government should be getting out of the business of being in business.”

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“[Edmonton is a] fine city with too many socialists and mosquitoes. At least you can spray the mosquitoes.”

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Ralph Klein

Source: Welcome to Ralph's World: 10 of Ralph Klein's most colourful quotes http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/welcome-to-ralph-s-world-10-of-ralph-klein-s-most-colourful-quotes-1.1216791

“You know, my science is limited to the fact that I know that eons ago there was an ice age … I know that for sure. I know that at one time, the Arctic was the tropics. And I guess I wonder what caused that? Was it dinosaur farts? I don’t know.”

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Source: Creeps, bums and a foot in the mouth: Some of former premier Ralph Klein’s more colourful moments http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/creeps-bums-and-a-foot-in-the-mouth-some-of-kleins-more-colourful-moments/

“I have some hopes for the future. One of the things I hope the new leader will address is an integrated energy policy, because we need to take advantage of the tremendous brainpower that we have amassed over the years relative to conventional and oil-sands oil and gas, and funnel those energies into alternate forms of energy for the future. By that I mean coal, coal gasification, coalbed methane, solar power, wind power, nuclear power, hydro power, all forms of energy other than conventional and oil-sands gas and oil.”

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Source: [Will The Real Alberta Please Stand Up, University of Alberta Press, 2010, 312, Geo Takach]

“This all came about through the discovery of a single, isolated case of mad cow disease in one Alberta cow on May 20th. The farmer — I think he was a Louisiana fish farmer who knew nothing about cattle ranching. I guess any self-respecting rancher would have shot, shovelled and shut up, but he didn’t do that. Instead he took it to an abattoir and it was discovered after testing in both Winnipeg and the U. K. that this older cow had mad cow disease.”

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Source: Ralph Klein’s most memorable quotes http://globalnews.ca/news/439807/ralph-klein-was-a-sound-bite-gold-mine/ <br class="br">Source: As quoted in "Welcome to Ralph's World: 10 of Ralph Klein's most colourful quotes" http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/welcome-to-ralph-s-world-10-of-ralph-klein-s-most-colourful-quotes-1.1216791, CTV News

“Edmonton isn’t really the end of the world – although you can see it from there.”

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Ralph Klein

Source: The best quotes from Ralph Klein’s colourful public life http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-best-quotes-from-ralph-kleins-colourful-public-life/article10577310/

“I’m no doctor, but I think that Mr. McGuinty’s got a case of premature speculation.”

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Ralph Klein

Source: As quoted in "Ralph Klein’s most memorable quotes" http://globalnews.ca/news/439807/ralph-klein-was-a-sound-bite-gold-mine/, Global News