I respected [Margaret Thatcher] enormously. She had great integrity in that respect.

She [ Elizabeth II] is, you know, "Do-what-you're-told, Lady". But in the Commonwealth, she is much more than just a figurehead.

You've got to remember the Cold War was a very real thing then, so the relationship with the United States was very, very important. As was the relationship that I was developing with China: that was something I did very much. And they weren't conflicting things.

George Bush Junior [George W Bush] was a religious fanatic, and Tony Blair wasn't far behind in a way.

By 1990, no Australian child will be living in poverty.

I don't know who described Mahathir [bin Mohamad] as a pillar of the Commonwealth, but they don't know what they're talking about.

The world will not wait for us.