Pauline Marois Quotes
Never, never, will I accept, on issues of integrity, comparisons with the Liberal party.
"Marois Rejects Comparisons to Liberals on Integrity." CBC News, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 3 Oct. 2012.
The then ex-President was in Panama when the "distinguished" citizens were falsely certifying the election of General Noreiga's hand-picked candidate who had actually lost.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910. From the point of view of the person or company that bribes or gives campaign contributions to legislators, there has often been a problem that when the heat is on the legislator might begin to refrain from voting as was expected. Twain was joking in this quotation by using the world “morality” to describe the obligation of the legislator to vote for the interest of the briber or campaign contributor. However, there were several major businessmen who actually saw the bribed legislator as having a moral and ethical duty to continue to protect the interest of the briber.
Pauline Marois is a Canadian politician, who served as the premier of Quebec from 2012 to 2014, the 30th since Confederation. Marois had been a member of the National Assembly in various ridings since 1981 as a member of the Parti Québécois (PQ), serving as party leader from 2007 to 2014. She is the first female premier of Quebec.