“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.” CountryGovernmentPoliticalEnglandResponsibleMinistersOfficialsGermanyLegislationProvisionPensionSwedenDenmarkHastyNetherlands Book:Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage Source: Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage
“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.” WayTwoCountryStatesUsedMilitarySizeFirmCanadaFuneralVehicleSparesUndertakingsSwearingCadillacsEntourageOttawa Author:Judy LaMarsh
“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.” GivingLongCountryViewsResponsibleCreditOur CountryInterventionTroublesomeUnifying Book:Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage Source: Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage
