I don't think it's a very Christian thing to come in by the back door rather than the front door.

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

Abortion is the easy way out. It’s hardly surprising that people should choose the most convenient exit from awkward situations.

We accept that sometimes in difficult circumstances, difficult things happen.

Jesus knew that there was a place for everything and it’s not necessarily everyone’s place to come to Australia.

No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.

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

I'm focused on doing the job the treasurer should do.I don't respond to gossip.

Aboriginal people have much to celebrate in this country's British heritage

The last thing Australia needs right now is instability and uncertainty.

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

True leaders don't give consoling answers, they take constructive actions.

As a schoolboy, poetry seemed defined by preciousness. It was all very rarefied.

Fear is exciting for me.

Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.

I think Angelina Jolie always looks amazing.

For the trouble with the real folk of Faerie is that they do not always look like what they are; and they put on the pride and beauty that we would fain wear ourselves.

The junkie can never start to cure himself until he recognizes his true condition.

What is done hastily cannot be done prudently.

If you want it to happen, you must make it happen. If you let it happen, you won't like what happened.