I hated [Robert Mugabe]. He's one of the worst human beings I've ever met. He treated black and white with equal contempt. He was a horrible human being.

The things which are most important don’t always scream the loudest.

By 1990, no Australian child will be living in poverty.

Do you know why I have credibility? Because I don't exude morality.

I find a fence a very uncomfortable place to squat my bottom.

The world will not wait for us.

My point was that the war was intrinsically wrong, and as a result of our participation we haven't improved Australia's security but created a greater danger at home and abroad.

I think it is just stupid economics for a government to approach economic management from a strand of thinking regarding unions as enemies.

Unless and until something concrete is done about addressing the Israeli-Palestinian issue you won't get a real start on the war against terrorism.

We will not allow to become a political issue in this country the question of Asianisation.

I really had very little to do with Pierre Trudeau. He was off the scene very soon.

The something which had been a future was now a present and would become a past.

These are the divine days of divine miracles.

Our happy God should be worshiped by a happy people.

The formidable power of geography determines the character and performance of a people.

Don't call me darling. I'm a driving instructor!

The government should stop meddling in the business of the farmers, who would actually still be living ina desert if not for government meddling.

Christianity takes this beating that I really don't understand and yet you can't say anything negative about the Muslims because that's horrible, you can't say anything negative about other faiths.

I was born human. But this was an accident of fate - a condition merely of time and place. I believe it's something we have the power to change.

I'm self-loathing, introverted, and neurotic.

Editing is a very tough period. You're confronted with yourself. It's a deep, dark, truthful mirror.