I think any good government will target on the finishing date, that is, the polling day and make sure that their strategy is strong and in place to get them successfully re-elected.

I'm not terribly focused on whether I even could ever become the Leader of the Liberal Party or the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in the future.

So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how they wish.

Yeah, well I'm not aspiring to be the Prime Minister.

Well goodness knows, goodness knows what historians will write.

I hate to spoil my own prospects, but I really don't respect the kiss-and-tell approach to public life at all, not at all.

If people are concerned about my house and where I live again it's much more of a reflection on them than it is on me.

My father had the same name as me but he was known as Alec. He was a member of the House of Representatives.

Yes, I don't think I shall ever become Prime Minister. Hard as that is to swallow, I tell you one person who is very happy always to see me say that, and that's my wife.

Some days you feel like you're the worst of sinners

President Obama was the first president not to abide by the limits in the general election.

I come around when you least expect me! I'm sitting at the bar when your glass is empty!

I've been very fortunate, because I've cooked for a lot of actors and actresses and musicians. I've cooked for presidents and I've been to the White House.

Everyone has their own personality, its own character, and if he respects that, everything would finally fall over for good only.

Major investment decisions have become too important to be left to the private sector.

Rule yourself. Love your neighbor. Do the duty that lies nearest you.

Outgrowing things we love is never a pleasant process.

First love is alright, as far as it goes. Last love – that’s the one I’m interested in.