Nobody should claim that the war [in Iraq] is over. But certainly it can be said that the regime is finished.

Nonviolent action on behalf of justice is no automatic forumla with promise of success: but neither is war. After all, at least half of the people who go to war for some cause deemed worthy of it are defeated.

I don't think there's any reason on Earth why people should have access to automatic and semiautomatic weapons unless they're in the military or in the police.

She was my accountant, so I just believed her.

How can you render the duties of justice to men when they may destroy you?

The 'black armband' view of our history reflects a belief that most Australian history since 1788 has been little more than a disgraceful story of imperialism, exploitation, racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination. I take a very different view. I believe that the balance sheet of our history is one of heroic achievement and that we have achieved much more as a nation of which we can be proud of than which we should be ashamed.

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