“There's no such thing as a genius in politics, or at least I have never met one. There are only human beings, some better than others, who rise or fall on the challenges they meet.”

—  Jean Chrétien

Source: My Years As Prime Minister (2007), Chapter Nine, But Who Watches The Dog?, p. 211

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