People who say they're too busy to have lunch have a false impression of their own importance.
John HowardI'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.
John HowardI accept that climate change is a challenge, I accept the broad theory about global warming. I am sceptical about a lot of the more gloomy predictions.
John HowardNobody should claim that the war [in Iraq] is over. But certainly it can be said that the regime is finished.
John HowardThere is much in American society which I admire, but I have long held the view that the absence of an effective safety net in that country means that too many needy citizens fall by the wayside. That is not the path that Australia will tread. Nor do we want the burdens of nanny state paternalism that now weigh down many economies in Europe.
John Howard