Judy LaMarsh (1924 – 1980)
Canadian politician, lawyer, author and broadcaster.
Pearson had a good grasp of French, although his accent was terrible.
Most women have a distaste for guns, and I am no exception.
One of the most helpful things I introduced (and of very considerable consequence to Canadians) was my ultimate success in persuading my colleagues (after continuing battle)to reduce the qualifying age for aged pensioners from seventy to sixty-five over a five year period.
Being a part of a political party is something like being a partner in a marriage - work at it and stay loyal to it, and when you can't stomach it any longer, leave it.
Perhaps in the long view, de Gaulle was more responsible with his troublesome interventions into our domestic politics, for unifying our country than we will ever give him credit for.
A government may only govern so long as the people, through their representatives, vote it the money to carry on.
Had it not been for Centennial, with its gaiety and its essential Canadianness, there could never have been a Trudeau as Prime Minister.
I cannot say that I have been hindered all my life by the permutation of genes that resulted in me being born a woman.
I did not spring, when I first entered Parliament, on November 15,1960, "fully armed, with a mighty shout" from a breach in Lester B. Pearson's skull. like the Pallas Athena from the head of Zeus.
( I was the first, and to date, the only woman veteran ever elected, and there is a surprisingly low percentage of veterans in Parliament.)
The unexpressed aim of every politician is to influence events that history books will record his name - and spell it right.