You are not prime minister of Australia because of some kind of process of divine selection. You are prime minister of Australia through the gift of the Australian people.

The most important civil liberty... is to stay alive and to be free from violence and death.

For so long as we condone injustice by a small but powerful group, we condone the destruction of all social stability, all real peace, all trust in man's good intentions toward his fellow man.

You can't fatten the pig on market day.

Truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.

It's beyond belief that any Australian could be so stupid as to carry drugs into any country in Asia.

People who say they're too busy to have lunch have a false impression of their own importance.