There is a tendency to try to dumb everything down and turn everything into a one-paragraph press release or even less, just a slogan.

Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.

All Australians understand that high-quality, reliable and affordable broadband is a critical part of the infrastructure our nation needs to prosper in coming years.

I believe that politicians should speak the truth all the time. Invariably there will be occasions when you make statements that are factually incorrect due to an error.

We learn from every natural disaster. Whether it's a fire or a flood, we learn something from it so we can respond to the next one better.

When politicians offer you something for nothing, or something that sounds too good to be true, it's always worth taking a careful second look.

I don't find myself in moral turmoil. I'm not given to turmoil of any kind.

It is unmanly. It is not some expression of macho virtue. It is the absolute antithesis of this. Real men don't bully women and children. Respect for women ... is so important.

Everything we do as a government is focused on getting help and support for hard-working Australian families. We are standing up for them.

Americans understand that they have no stronger ally, no better friend, than Australia.

This is a very tough business, politics. It's easy to get resentful or full of bitterness ... (but) I think hatred hurts the hater more than the hated. So I'm looking back on my time positively.

When people support you when you have done something wrong. It doesnt mean you are right, but it means those people are promoting their hate, bad behavior or living their bad lives through you.

Innocence is a bleeding wound without a bandage, a wound that opens with every casual knock from casual passers-by. Experience is an armour.

I wish you could have made me loving you.

Your family, even though you love them, they can get on your nerves. You spend so much time together.

Every time you see me I look like I hit the lotto twice.

Albania has to demonstrate that it is willing to be a reliable partner in the international community.

John Green is a very handsome, intelligent, and wise man. He smells really weird though.

I find pieces of myself everywhere, and I cut myself handling them.

I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was to go away.