Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I think that political marriages are subject to more strain than most precisely because of the nature of politics. "

Related Quotes:

" All of the people who are using their BlackBerries or their iPhones, Facebook, all of the people who are sitting in cafes and hotels rooms doing their work, they're all using wireless technology, and we shouldn't assume that the only way of the future is high speed cable. "

" For small business people, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family. "

" I instinctively try to protect people from filth. "

" I am in favour of the notion of Australia as an immigrant society. "

" Certainly, my uni days involved some statements that I wouldn't make today. "

" We just can't stop people from being homeless if that's their choice. "

" Political parties don't work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone else to follow. "

" To move past fear is a cliche. "

" Now if you are condemned to life on welfare, I'm not so sure that being in a bigger welfare village is that much better than being in a smaller welfare village. "

" I think anything which improves services is in principle a good thing. "

" Faith is important to me. It's important to millions of Australians. It helps to shape who I am. It helps to shape my values. But it must never, never dictate my politics. "

" If I was in a refugee camp somewhere on the Pakistani border, of course I'd want to come to Australia. "

" Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account. "

" The truth is I try to take people as I find them. "

" I try to treat people as people and not put them in pigeonholes. "

" I mean there are many, many people in all sorts of different countries who don't have a great life, who are subject to injustice. Are we obliged to take all of them who come here? I think the answer is 'Not necessarily.' "

" I'm not saying that people on welfare don't contribute in their own way, but as many as possible should be encouraged to be economically active as well as socially and culturally active. "

" My mum and mad were both very generous, encouraging parents. "

" I do enjoy exercise, not because I am an exercise junkie but because it's terrific stress release. "

" You cannot win an election without a fight. "

" I have close family members as well as lots of close friends who are gay. Many of them strongly support gay marriage. "

" I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning. "

" I think that people should come to Australia through the front door, not through the back door. If people want a migration outcome, they should go through the migration channels. "

" I think leadership is knowing what you want to achieve and then purposefully and sensibly taking steps to achieve it, remembering always that you have got to bring people with you if you are seeking to be a successful political leader. "

" There are no factions in the Liberal Party. "

" I think that marriage is, dare I say it, between a man and a woman, hopefully for life and there are all sorts of other relationships which should be acknowledged and recognised, but I don't know that they can be recognised as marriage. "

" The smart way to improve broadband is not to junk the existing network but to make the most of it. It's to let a competitive market deliver the speeds that people need at an affordable price with government improving infrastructure in the areas where market competition won't deliver it. "

" The problem with the Australian practice of abortion is that an objectively grave matter has been reduced to a question of the mother's convenience. "

" Well, I'm not saying that an emissions tax is ever going to be good policy. "

" I'm not running for canonisation. "