Danny Williams Quotations

We're asking for consultation and we're asking for a meeting with the prime minister,

We hope to make this an annual event. There is already a lot of interest.

So, if we can't take $10 million from that to save a community and a region, then we shouldn't be at this,

Simply just putting money, throwing money at a solution is not the answer,

Since I beat Tyson my phone hasn't stopped ringing.

She is in my opinion the best possible choice we could have for this position.

I am extremely pleased that Ms. Cleary has accepted this position that is crucial to the future of our world-class fabrication facility at Bull Arm,

Certainly, I'm the one in politics. I'm the one who has a public profile, ... When my wife is involved in anything is nobody's business.

But sometimes in difficult situations, all it takes is a meeting at a very, very high level. Whether that meeting has to take place between the President and the Prime Minister, solutions can and will be found.

Basically, what we're saying here is that when all other avenues have been exhausted, if that is the only alternative, then we would be making a direct approach to the federal government.

If all the major industrial companies are going to come in here and try to squeeze a pound of flesh out of us, then that's just not on, and they need to know that,

He's come up better than he has before,

He is a potential Group horse and has shown me as much as any horse I've had,

He hurt me for a few seconds in the first. He gave me a good shot but the key is getting one back on him.

I think that's good for the government and good for the province.

My mouth is watering for this fight, I am hungry for it, ... He has been disrespectful to me but it's been five years since he won the Olympics.

It is bringing a private-sector mentality to a public operation, because our debt is our biggest concern in this province.

That's the principle that's staying in place in every single negotiation we've had,

We've had enough of the antics of the company,

We believe the framework addresses the challenges being faced by the Stephenville mill, ... The company will continue to work out issues with its union . . .

We are really in a public-private partnership as we run this country in some form or another.

We have lost a lot of our forecasting ability on the island and that's an issue we will take to Ottawa during an election,

We're not going to be part of a union bust out there. That's not what this is all about.

We believe a trust fund from Labrador resources must be set up to finance municipal and regional infrastructure.

We basically said from day one that if the union doesn't accept this, if there is going to be any attempt to strip down their contract to change the ground rules from what they are used to, and they're not happy with it, then we'll pull our offer off the table at the end of the day,

Tyson always tries to jump out at the start,

We would obviously love to have Newfoundlanders to come home and work at home,

There is only so long this can go on, ... There is only so long we can you know that we can allow them to torture the people of Stephenville, quite frankly.

There's no pressure on me. Victory will change my life. To get to the top, I have to fight fighters like him.

I've never had a bigger moment than this,

The rules and the regulations are there and we expect our American neighbors to abide by these rules,

So we're going to allow that to take its course.

During our tough negotiations with the federal government, Premier Hamm was a rock upon which we all relied, ... He had fought for many years to achieve a better resource agreement with Ottawa and his perspective and counsel were critical to our collective success.

This is a step in the right direction, very definitely.

This cockroach is now at the top of the tree, while the worm is still on the ground.

They have been run very dry and that's a huge problem, actually,

There's always been an appearance that we always have our hand out every time we come to one of these meetings,

It's the thoroughbred, ... It's the racehorse that's charging out front and all we want to do is get in your wake and go with you.

It left us in a daze. Your head going in 10 different ways OK, what are we going to do now?

It left us in a daze. Your head going in 10 different ways à OK, what are we going to do now?

It was a heartbreaking decision but the way I felt on Saturday I knew I'd made the right choice,

I just basically stood up and asked caucus what their feeling was, was there any change in position on Mr. Manning's status, and that hasn't changed,

I had an opportunity to work with Joan Cleary during the last election. I got a chance to see her first-hand and I have a lot of respect for Joan Cleary as a person and a very competent individual,

In the last three months, as a result of our exercise on the Atlantic Accord, we earned $15 million in interest on the $2 billion that we got from that accord,

I regret disappointing everyone and am very sorry to put Frank and everyone in a bad situation but no fighter should fight when anything less than 100 per cent fit.

I personally think we must have a more co-operative relationship - you may laugh, considering my history and background over the last 12 months, but I'm serious.

If energy continues to grow in value as it is now, perhaps what we could now buy for a billion dollars could be worth $10- or $20 billion in 10 or 20 years' time, which means that those assets have a value whereby we could pay off our debt,