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"The public trust in its system of government was subverted and betrayed, and Canadians were outraged, not only because public funds were wasted and misappropriated, but also because no one was held responsible or punished for his misconduct."
-- Justice John Gomery

"There is only one leader, Prime Minister [Paul] Martin, who has had the guts to say: 'Enough is enough, we're going to end this, we're going to clean it up and we're going to strengthen governance to make sure this never happens again'."
-- Public Works Minister Scott Brison

"Good intentions are not an excuse for maladministration of this magnitude."
-- Justice John Gomery

"We know there will be an election on a corrupt Liberal government. The question is when," he said.
-- NDP Leader Jack Layton

"The facts are plain as day, and now Judge Gomery has also reached the conclusion we knew he would reach, [that] high-ranking Liberals cynically manipulated the sponsorship program to enrich their party and their friends."
-- Conservative Leader Stephen Harper

"He [Paul Martin] could not have not heard what was said and what was ... written. But he preferred not to see it."
-- Bloc Leader Gilles Duceppe

"(The report) is troubling, but it's a story that needed to be told in full, in detail, in public."
-- Prime Minister Paul Martin