Ralph Klein Quotations

We're sending as much oil as we possibly can to accommodate the people in New Orleans. The pipeline capacity is very limited.

so I might be getting a ticket, who knows? Or Guy will, anyway.

Shirley expects to have something finalized in a month or so and we expect to have cheques in the mail by the end of this year,

On the give-it-back side ... it was decided that we would establish a figure of about $400, maybe slightly in excess of $400, and that would be given to every man, woman and child, but the cheques would be mailed to the household ... one cheque per household,

I didn't get the result that I had anticipated, but I am going to meet with my staff and my caucus, of course, and members of the party, and determine what I am going to do. I will have something concrete for you next week, mid-week.

I don't know who would challenge it, other than the bad guys, the people who have an interest in selling drugs to children,

It goes without saying the economic impact is very serious indeed, but there's not much we can do until the full investigation is complete, ... What we can do is tell Canadians and Albertans: Eat beef.

It is an absolute poison and a scourge on society and it is time to talk about it,

Other than on budget day each year, I don't recall ever in my years as being premier, or in my years in provincial politics, ever making such a significant one-day investment announcement,

Others have said we're on the slippery slope, on the verge of violating the Canada Health Act, ... I don't know if we are or not.

Like the song says, you ain't seen nothing yet. It's one of the legacies I would like to leave.

The $72 million that was spent on the two auditoriums, the Jubes in Calgary and Edmonton, was spent in the inside of the auditoriums to make them more performance-friendly. All of the seats point into the stage so people will have a wonderful opportunity to see the performances unimpeded,

The amount of activity now taking place in Fort McMurray with the oilsands is nothing short of phenomenal,

That support was not what I anticipated, nor is it strong enough for me to stay on as long as I had intended.

bright, articulate individual, perhaps he's seen as too much on the right.

They say that the fish there only come in one size and that's big. So, when it's done, I might just take a ride on the new road to try my luck.

It's just that there's other things to do. The legislature is one thing on my agenda, and you've got to look at my daily agenda. It's huge,

It's the politics of the Liberal party that they seem to get away with this kind of thing in Ontario and to some degree in Quebec. He'll likely form another government. Whether it's a minority or a majority, I don't know. But certainly he'll get votes out of Ontario.

The U.S. administration is finally paying attention to the oilsands in particular,

They vote as to whether they're going to have one. And if they have one, to me that says that there's no confidence in me.

I know that in this province, the buck would have stopped with me, ... I would first of all, if they could track me down, I would be hung. And if they couldn't, I would have to find a place far enough away in the world to hide.

I'm reminding them to look at the big picture, at what we contribute to the Confederation,

I'm pleased to announce today that $1.4 billion of this year's surplus is going to be used to improve access to health services across the province,

I'll do whatever he wants me to do, ... I don't think I'll door knock, but certainly I'll speak, and I'll speak on his behalf.

You can talk to whoever you want, as far as I'm concerned it was unanimous,

This is more than money, it's a sense of friendship and a sense of concern for the people in the Gulf coast,

I’ve been to Vulcan where I’ve been vulcanized, Carbon where you get carbonated and Standard where you get standardized. Ernie Isley’s invited me to Castor … and I’m not looking forward to it.

Dinosaur farts? I don’t know.

Albertans have always worn their passions on their sleeves,

This is about unenforceable registration of weapons that violates the rights of people to own firearms.

A fine city with too many socialists and mosquitoes. At least you can spray the mosquitoes.