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

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

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

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.

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.

I have absolutely no difficulty myself with the playing of God Save the Queen in the presence of Her Majesty.

I think when people talk about civil liberties, they sometimes forget that action taken to protect the citizen against physical violence and physical attack is a blow in favour and not a blow against civil liberties.