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

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 can't speak with authority about Emeka Anyaoku. I just didn't know him that well.

You can't build a peaceful world on empty stomachs and human misery.

I think it's important to realize that I was actually black before the election.

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

The man who voyages strange seas must of necessity be a little unsure of himself. It is the man with the flashy air of knowing everything, who is always with it, that we should beware of.

I think that the worst unpleasantness of age is not its final fact ... but the tediousness of preparation, the accumulating number of defeats.

I shan't get free of my emotion by copying the tree faithfully, or by drawing its leaves one by one in the common language, but only after identifying myself with it.

I smiled. She smiled. I believed the smile.

I believe that we're only as strong as our neighbor is, and the idea that, I'm my brother's keeper works for me.

My dream role is to play in a story of how the Joker became the Joker, and I would play the young Heath Ledger.

I've been really lucky to work with a lot of really great actors, so watching the films back, it's really important to admire the people that you were working with and see their full performance.