I want to catch Mr Whitlam with his pants down.

Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action.

Life wasn't meant to be easy.

We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face.

Solutions will not be found while Indigenous people are treated as victims for whom someone else must find solutions.

We are seeing healing among the stolen generations, and initiatives which are enabling Indigenous people to make their distinctive contribution to our national life.

There are no quick fixes to Indigenous poverty and social disaster.

Yet there are thousands of Indigenous people searching for family members.

He (Gorton) is not fit to hold the great office of Prime Minister.

I think the climate is too important to say we are going to wait until all our economic woes are over before we act effectively.

The great task of statesmanship is to apply past lessons to new situations, to draw correct analogies to understand and act upon present forces, to recognise the need for change.

The shortest interval between two points is the awareness that they are not two.

My mind ran over everything that had happened lately, and running on such thoughts made even my feet hurt.

I have always had the sea as my playground.

I believe there's an emerging American majority for progressive economic change.

I'm one of those people who tells my wife, "No coaching from the sidelines."

Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.

I have a personality defect where I sort of refuse to see myself as an underdog... It's because of my parents. They raised me with the entitlement of a tall, blond, white man.

Language from songs and TV shows feel integral because it helps to create the environment and describe the full picture.

What is to be once resolved on should be first often well considered.

I really want to get the word out that I am still relevant and have something to say.