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" One tires of combat, although I can still throw a punch, you know. "
Paul Keating
Still
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" You see, before I became prime minister, the Australian prime minister only attended ever two meetings in the world: the British Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and the South Pacific Forum. "
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" Well, Australians should speak for the national interests of Australia, and whatever role former Australian prime ministers may have, one of the things you do is speak frankly about the country as you see the country's best interests, you know? "
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" The First World War not only destroyed European civilisation and the empires at its heart; its aftermath led to a second conflagration, the Second World War, which divided the continent until the end of the century. "
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" Politicians never fade away; they just keep carrying on, you know, their class. "
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" You see, psychologically, Australia must understand it has to live in the region around it. Australia must find its security in Asia; it cannot find its security from Asia. "
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" Truth is, of its essence, liberating, as it is possessed of no contrivance or conceit - that it provides the only genuine basis for progress and that the future can only be found in truth. "
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" If you can't imagine it, you sure as hell are never going to see it. "
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" In the end, rational policy is always good. "
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" My claim has always been that defeatism pervaded the conservative parties in the 1930s and that it was the defining characteristic of Menzies and his first period as prime minister. "
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" One of the inevitable aspects of debates about euthanasia is the reluctance on the part of advocates to confront the essence of what they propose. "
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" You know, in the WikiLeaks cables, the Chinese discovered that Kevin Rudd was urging the Americans to keep the military option open against them. This is hardly a friendly gesture. "
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" Russia alone has the capacity to obliterate the United States. "
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" The essence of leadership is essentially taking the responsibility of trying to interpret the future to the present. "
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" Geoffrey Tozer's death is a national tragedy. For the Australian arts and Australian music, losing Tozer is like Canada having lost Glenn Gould, or France, Ginette Neveu. It is a massive cultural loss. The kind of loss people felt when Germany lost Dresden. "
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" I always believed in burning up the government's political capital, not being Mr Safe Guy, you know? "
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" I think the Australian people are very conscientious. During the 1980s and 1990s we proved they will respond conscientiously to necessary reforms. They mightn't like them but they'll accept them. But reforms have to be presented in a digestible format. "
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" The great changes in civilisation and society have been wrought by deeply held beliefs and passion rather than by a process of rational deduction. "
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Great
Been
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" I think Australia has to be a country which has the 'Welcome' sign out. "
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Out
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" Politicians come in three varieties: straight men, fixers, and maddies. "
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Straight
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" The great curse of modern political life is incrementalism. "
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" I have said before, you don't expect conservative parties to believe in much, but you do expect them to believe in thrift. "
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" The only reward in a public life is public progress. You stand back and say, 'What did I get out of it?' You look around, and the place is better, and that's it. "
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" If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility. "
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" Well, I think that - I think leadership's always been about two main things: imagination and courage. "
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" I think the rise of China is one of the great events of all economic and human history, and I think this will be overwhelmingly a positive thing for the region and the world. "
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" What distinguished the First World War from all wars before it was the massive power of the antagonists. "
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" The United States being in Asia is unambiguously a good thing for the region. "
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