It will be, I suppose, a foolhardy Government that tries to push through legislation making knowledge of both official languages one of the qualifications for election to the House of Commons or appointment to the Senate, but maybe it will have to come to this as a price we must pay for equality of the two great language groups of our founding fathers.

Judy LaMarsh

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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.

Judy LaMarsh

loyal political party

I have served the Liberal cause for twenty-two years. That ought to be long enough for anyones lifetime.

Judy LaMarsh

two long years

Most women have a distaste for guns, and I am no exception.

Judy LaMarsh

distaste exception gun

Out of near disaster, came real progress.

Judy LaMarsh

disaster progress real

The unexpressed aim of every politician is to influence events that history books will record his name - and spell it right.

Judy LaMarsh

events names book

Whenever it was necessary to have a large entourage, we used military vehicles or, as for the two state funerals and our state swearing in, we hired every spare Cadillac from every undertaking firm in Ottawa. It's a make-shift way to operate a country of the size and rank of Canada.

Judy LaMarsh

military two country

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.

Judy LaMarsh

views long country

Everyone is an expert on T.V., just as he is on education; everyone has some education and a T.V. set.

Judy LaMarsh

experts

I cannot say that I have been hindered all my life by the permutation of genes that resulted in me being born a woman.

Judy LaMarsh

genes has-beens born

My uncertain temper is cooling, as is my sense of racing against time to accomplish the things I want to. I don't have to go anywhere or see anyone I don't want to now, and it is a glorious feeling!

Judy LaMarsh

racing want feelings

I had, in my legal practice, often encountered really shocking examples of the devastating impact of the costs of long-term medical care on meagre incomes. And, just before I was elected, I had my own personal experience in paying very considerable bills for my mother's terminal illness.

Judy LaMarsh

impact practice mother

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.

Judy LaMarsh

battle age years

A government may only govern so long as the people, through their representatives, vote it the money to carry on.

Judy LaMarsh

government long people

One of the things that has always been my undoing in politics is my readiness to do whatever job has to be done.

Judy LaMarsh

undoing done jobs

Women understand that men must often be kept from soiling themselves with the dirty little details of life in order to accomplish the big shinny jobs unimpeded.

Judy LaMarsh

jobs men dirty

Pity the Party without enough woman power - there will always be dreamers and leaders, but the dreams won't come true, nor will the leaders reach their goal, without the ready doers.

Judy LaMarsh

party goal dream

We were always expected to see Quebec's side of things, but there was damned little reciprocity.

Judy LaMarsh

quebec sides littles

Whenever Canada moves to protect its own industries and people, it is subjected to violent attacks in the U.S. Congress and to threats of economic retaliation.

Judy LaMarsh

canada people moving

I took a hasty trip to Germany, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, and England to talk to the officials of each Government about their pension provisions, and to talk to the responsible ministers in each country about the political "whys" of their legislation.

Judy LaMarsh

political government country

I have always thought that one of the signs of natural leaders of men (and women) was their readiness to take the necessary pains to keep their followers with them.

Judy LaMarsh

pain leader men