Leadership is not about being nice. it's about being right and being strong

He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up

I think leadership's always been about two main things: imagination and courage.

Silly what's his name, the Shrek, whoever he was on the television this morning?

The Labor Party is a party of conviction. The Liberal Party is a party of convenience.

The fact is Burke is smarter than two thirds of the Western Australian Labor Party rolled together.

Australia without the Irish would be unthinkable... unimaginable... unspeakable.

Anybody who achieves what Malcolm Fraser achieved in his life deserves respect as a quite extraordinary Australian.

You see, psychologically, Australia must understand it has to live in the region around it. Australia must find its security in Asia; it cannot find its security from Asia.

The great curse of modern political life is incrementalism.

You just can't have a position where some pumped up bunyip potentate dismisses an elected government.

Weisheit kann Angst nicht bannen, Angst jedoch kann Weisheit bannen.

Why do we put our self esteem in the hands of complete strangers?

I make my pictures for people, not for critics.

Building a habit of reading leads to all sorts of reading.

People who can focus, get things done. People who can prioritize, get the right things done.

That which is produced with intention has passed over from non-existence to existence.

Whining is just unbecoming.

Let's kill somebody to Sinatra! Or to early Elvis!

There are 6 billion people in the world. It's hard to find the one person who's right for you.

The establishment of a central bank is 90% of communizing a nation.