- Tony Blair will probably get thrown out by his party.
- I got a bit enamoured with bigger houses and things like that.
- I had this habit of an academic of answering the question. I should have fobbed it off.
- I think the Prime Minister has embarked on a journey and he has no idea where he's taking us.
- I was not a politician.
- I'm not tied to any particular political line.
- It's not just the war itself. It's what you do after the war and what structure you put in place and how you make that structure work.
- Silence is best.
- The only person you resent is yourself.
- To make us a terrorist target in a region that is full of terrorism is dumb and unforgiveable.
- To send our troops, our ships, our planes to this war is ridiculous.
- We've lost sight of our role in the region and our view of our colleagues in the region.
- Saddam Hussein has a strategy. I'm sure he'll implement that strategy, and it would be to our detriment. We're embarking on an exercise about which we know nothing.
- I never wanted to separate from either wife. It was accumulated stress. We had virtually no time to ourselves. After politics we were both working very hard to establish new careers.
- I was just absolutely exhausted. The media said I've been treated for a nervous breakdown. All that stuff I just took as people taking the opportunity when you're down to give you a kick.
- I've been arguing this for months. This is not our war. This is not a war we should be in. Australia's better spending its time negotiating with North Korea.
- The reality is, it will be a significant conflict going for many, many months, if not longer. Saddam Hussein is not a fool. He hasn't been sitting there waiting to get shot for 13 years.
- In any street, of course, it's always easy to tell the rented houses. They're the ones where the lawn isn't mowed, the plants aren't watered, and the fences aren't fixed.
- [on Bob Carr] You've got to be suspicious of a guy that doesn't drive, doesn't like kids and things like that.
- Unemployment will be Paul Keating's tombstone.
- [on Native Title legislation, 1993] The bill does not guarantee security of title or remove the uncertainty that has arisen. Farmers are still going to end up in court, for example. Its massive complexity will ensure that investment will be discouraged, jobs will be lost and national development projects will be held up - to the detriment of all Australians.
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