The great task of statesmanship is to apply past lessons to new situations, to draw correct analogies to understand and act upon present forces, to recognise the need for change.

He (Gorton) is not fit to hold the great office of Prime Minister.

Life wasn't meant to be easy.

People die because they find living too painful.

I think the climate is too important to say we are going to wait until all our economic woes are over before we act effectively.

Development requires modification and transformation of the environment... the planet's capacity to support its people us being irreversibly reduced by the destruction and degradation of the biosphere and the need to understand the problem and take corrective action is becoming urgent.

Solutions will not be found while Indigenous people are treated as victims for whom someone else must find solutions.