# Quote — Jean Chretien, My Years as Prime Minister

> Aline and I have travelled a very long, very hard road together, from our working class homes in rural Quebec to the palaces of London, Paris, Moscow, and Beijing. Politics was the route, public service the reward.

- Author: [Jean Chretien](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jean-chretien.md)
- Book: [My Years as Prime Minister](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jean-chretien/my-years-as-prime-minister.md)
- Page: 406
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean_Chr%C3%A9tien#My_Years_As_Prime_Minister_(2007)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jean-chretien/my-years-as-prime-minister/aline-and-i-have

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