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

I don't think it is wrong, racist, immoral or anything, for a country to say 'we will decide what the cultural identity and the cultural destiny of this country will be and nobody else'.

If I am wrong and you are right then the democratic process of the Australian community will vindicate you and condemn me.

I'd like to be seen as an average Australian bloke. I can't think of... I can't think of a nobler description of anybody than to be called an average Australian bloke.

I thank all of those who weren't born in this country for coming here and making a contribution to Australia. We are the least discriminatory country in the world, in my view.

You can't fatten the pig on market day.

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