One year after his death - and 8 years after he left office - 59% of Albertans still considered "Ralph" Alberta's BEST Premier since 1985 [click here for source].
It's now been 10 years - March 29, 2013 - since Ralph's death, and that support appears to still be there among Albertans - who were around at that time.
One of the reasons I admired Ralph was for his "straight-talking" ways.
Please WATCH my VIDEO tribute ((( 3 minutes ))) - @ Ralph Klein Park - to Alberta's late and great Premier.
With that in mind, let's hear what Ralph had to say ...
"Welcome to Ralph's World." - YouTube Video: Ralph Klein's legacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOl9mUaE3-0
"Don't tell me it's not worth fighting for." - YouTube Video: Ralph Klein 1993 Election TV Ads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn1Z6NbOb5U
"We can only do it, if we do it together." - YouTube Video: Ralph Klein 1993 Election TV Ads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn1Z6NbOb5U
"If you have the desire and the willingness, there is no reason why you can't learn." YouTube Video: The Education of... Ralph Klein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4beUIPCSuow
Reminder: Please WATCH my VIDEO tribute ((( 3 minutes ))) - @ Ralph Klein Park - to Alberta's late and great Premier.
"I can recall my grade 9 counsellor saying, 'well you can go to high school of course. We will pass you. We don't have great expectations. We're going to put you in a general course - not a matriculation course. I think you should resign yourself to a job with the city.' Now she did not have in mind - at that time - being mayor." - YouTube Video: The Education of... Ralph Klein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4beUIPCSuow
"I've been a reporter for 11 years in this city. And I have travelled with bikers. And I have travelled with whores. And I have travelled with gamblers. And I have travelled with people from the east end of town to the west end of town. And I've been in all kinds of trouble with the police." - YouTube Video: Ralph Klein - A life in front of the province, and the camera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZENuTRco5lg
"I started with $300 in my pocket. And this is how I started this campaign. And I had a sense of commitment. And I drew the greatest bunch of vagabonds, misfits and beautiful people to my campaign who never once said to me 'I have to work for this son of bitch because I owe him something.'" - YouTube Video: Ralph Klein - A life in front of the province, and the camera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZENuTRco5lg
"I've got to be quite blunt. The only thing that a politician has - not very little, not very much - but the only thing he has is his word." - YouTube Video: Ralph Klein - A life in front of the province, and the camera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZENuTRco5lg
"I drink too much from time to time ... It hasn't ... I don't think it ... well that wouldn't be entirely true. It has when you wake up with a hangover, it affects your performance." - YouTube Video: Ralph Klein - A life in front of the province, and the camera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZENuTRco5lg
"I guess the word 'alcoholic' is subjective. I do know I have a problem." - YouTube Video: Ralph Klein's legacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOl9mUaE3-0
"The people told me, 'Never mind the protesters outside. You are on the right track. Don't blink. You're doing the right thing.' And my day was not complete without a protest, or two, or three. It was fun. I miss the people." - YouTube Video: Ralph Klein - A life in front of the province, and the camera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZENuTRco5lg
From the Book - Quotations of Chairman Ralph https://openlibrary.org/works/OL13405259W/Quotations_of_Chairman_Ralph
"I am frankly discouraged by the state of federal provincial relations. Even an impartial observer of federal - provincial developments would conclude that there is an anti-Alberta agenda at work today in Ottawa." --- Ralph Klein - Calgary Herald - March 17, 2000
"The revolution isn't flashy or complicated. It's not rocket science." --- Ralph Klein - Speech to the Edmonton Rotary Club - February 5, 1998
"There is a simply philosophy, you can't spend more than you earn. So we exerted tough love, we didn't have an earning problem, we had a spending problem." --- Ralph Klein (source quoted -- Canadian Press CP - @Huffington Post) https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/ralph-klein-quotes-a-look-back-at-his-most-memorable-lines_n_2917937
Ralph Klein, from the archives: Need for change is urgent, premier said in TV speech
"We encourage each of you to discuss the important issues that I’ve talked about this evening. Talk to your families, your friends and your neighbors. Pull up a chair around your kitchen table. Stop for a coffee with friends at your local hockey rink, your church basement or wherever you might happen to be, and develop your opinions and ideas as to how we can reach our destination together." >>> This is an excerpt from a televised speech then-premier Ralph Klein made on January 17, 1994. It was published January 18, 1994, in the Edmonton Journal. >>> https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/ralph-klein-from-the-archives-need-for-change-is-urgent-premier-said-in-tv-speech
Here's what others said about "Ralph":
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/welcome-ralphs-world-jay-bortnik/
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