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Religion gets in the way of morality.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Morality
Way
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For too many, to work means having less income.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Income
Mean
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There is no greater honour than to serve Canadians.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Greater
Honour
Canadians
Serve
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The election is not a time to discuss serious issues.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Democracy
Issues
Political
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Canada is the homeland of equality, justice and tolerance.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Equality
Canada
Homeland
Justice
Tolerance
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Government cannot and must not replace private initiative.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Government
Initiative
Replace
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Canadians want to see real hope restored, not false hopes raised.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
False Hope
Raised
Real
Want
Canadians
False
Hopes
Restored
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We Canadians are not given as a people to great patriotic displays.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Given
Patriotic
People
Canadians
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I'd be prouder still to say I was Canada's 10th woman prime minister.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Canada
Ministers
Prime
Prime Minister
Minister
Prouder
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The world has changed profoundly since our programs were first established.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Established
Programs
Profoundly
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I believe it is time for new leadership that is able to leave the '70s behind.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Leadership
Able
Believe
I Believe
Time Believe I Believe
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I know Quebecers don't want to relive old battles; they prefer to build for the future.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Battle
Knows
Want
Prefer
Battles
Relive
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Since the end of the Second World War, our population has more than doubled to 27 million people.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
War
People
Population
Second World War
War World People
Million
Million People
World War
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I have always believed governments must adapt to the needs of the people, not the other way around.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Government
Needs
People
Adapt
Always Must People
Believed
People Way Always
Governments
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Our first Prime Minister saw a country that would be known for its generosity of spirit. And so it is.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Country
Generosity
Prime Minister
Would Be
Minister
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We have to define and put into practice a better, more coherent and effective policy on income security.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Income
Policy
Practice
Coherent
Define
Effective
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I believe that Canadians have the common sense to see that a better future cannot be built on fragmentation.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Believe
Better Future
Common
Common Sense
Fragmentation
Future Believe I Believe
Future Believe Better
Canadians
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If you never encounter anything in your community that offends you, then you are not living in a free society.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Anarchy
Community
Encounters
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Canadians know that our difficulties will not be resolved overnight. They are tired of politicians who pretend they will be.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Difficulty
Politician
Tired
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Progressive Conservative candidates from Quebec want to exert real power in Ottawa, not simply be content with playing a secondary role.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Ottawa
Real
Roles
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Quebecers have rarely in their history been better represented than they are right now - at the highest levels of the federal government.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Government
Levels
Right Now
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We now know that unity, the cornerstone of Canada's greatness and prosperity, is above all a matter of emotion and reason for every citizen.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Citizens
Greatness
Unity
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We plan to lift the veil of secrecy surrounding the preparation of the budget. We also plan to open up the process of government appointments.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Government
Preparation
Veils
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On the same day I was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada, I announced the most sweeping reform ever undertaken in the structure of our federal government.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Government
Canada
Federal Government
Prime Minister
Reform
Structure
Announced
Minister
Sworn
Undertaken
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In all modesty, we must admit that governments are not always the best doctors when it comes to diagnosing economic ailments and prescribing the right treatment.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Government
Doctors
Modesty
Prescribing
Treatment
Admit
Governments
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For me, unemployment and poverty in the Greater Montreal area is not mainly a problem of structure, or design, or statistics. It is a profoundly human situation.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Design
Greater
Montreal
Poverty
Statistics
Structure
Unemployment
Area
Mainly
Profoundly
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For over 20 years, the federal and provincial governments have made enormous efforts employing a variety of approaches in an attempt to stimulate Montreal's economy.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Government
Economy
Effort
Employing
Enormous
Montreal
Variety
Years
Approaches
Attempt
Efforts
Governments
Provincial
Stimulate
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Despite our high rate of unemployment, 300,000 jobs go unfilled largely because many of the unemployed lack the skills needed today as a result of technological progress.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Jobs
Despite
Needed
Progress
Rate
Skills
Technological
Technological Progress
Today
Unemployed
High
Largely
Result
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There's no evidence that registering guns reduces the level of gun violence. It's not that I don't think it's something worth doing, (but) it's something you do much later.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Gun
Levels
Thinking
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Some of you may have been hoping that today I would speak about Lucien Bouchard's latest economic theories. But I have decided to spare him for the time being: after all, he is a man.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Decided
Hoping
Latest
Spare
Theories
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For people on social assistance, the loss of free dental care, prescription drugs and subsidized housing can greatly outweigh additional income from working. We've all heard the stories.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Assistance
Dental
Housing
Income
Loss
Lost Friendship
People
Prescription Drugs
Additional
Greatly
Outweigh
Prescription
Subsidized
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[When criticized for appearing bare-shouldered Madonna-like at a banquet:] A comparison between Madonna and me is a comparison between a strapless evening gown and a gownless evening strap.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Banquets
Evening
Gowns
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It would be naive to imagine we have solved all our income security problems simply because the roles of the federal and provincial governments in the area of skills training have been clarified.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Government
Income
Skills
Skills Training
Would Be
Governments
Provincial
Solved
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An increasing number of Canadians must juggle the demands of work with the need to care for children, or for family members who are ill or too frail to care for themselves. Our programs have simply not kept pace with these societal changes.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Children
Family Members
Frail
Ill
Members
Needs
Numbers
Pace
Canadians
Increasing
Programs
Juggle
Societal
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Governments allocate enormous resources for social programs. And it is true that for many years we have had one of the best social service systems in the world. Yet we are still incapable of meeting the needs of tens of thousands of Canadian families.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Government
Enormous
Incapable
Needs
Resources
Social Service
Years
Allocate
Governments
Programs
Meeting
Service
Systems
Tens
Tens Of Thousands
Thousands
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To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray the historical role Quebec has always played in Confederation, and to undermine the legitimacy of their pride and ambitions.
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Chance
Government
Ambition
Betray
Betrayal
Confederation
Exercise
Federal Government
Giving Up
Historical
Influence
Legitimacy
Pride
Quebec
Within
Played
Federal
Fully
Give
Role
Suggest
Undermine
Willingly
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There are certain things in gun control that have a certain public appeal, but when you're legislating you need to look at the research on what works, what doesn't, and what really has an impact, recognizing you're never going to do away entirely with gun violence
Kim Campbell / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Gun
Impact
Needs
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