A conservative is someone who does not think he is morally superior to his grandfather.

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'.

We won't just automatically click our heels and follow the Americans.

In my estimation, there should always be a mixture of economic liberalism - which means small government, a great emphasis on markets - but also a certain degree of social conservatism, not to favor change unless that change is beneficial. So I describe myself as an economic liberal and a social conservative.

You can't fatten the pig on market day.

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've never believed in lower wages. Never. Never believed in lower wages, I've never believed in lower wages as an economic instrument.