If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility.

We will not adopt the fantastic hypocrisy of modern conservatism which preaches the values of families and communities, while conducting a direct assault on them through reduced wages and conditions and job security.

The great curse of modern political life is incrementalism.

I've always held the view that great states need strategic space. I mean, George Washington took his space from George III. Britain took it from just about everybody. Russia took all of Eastern Europe. Germany's taken it from everywhere they can, and China will want its space too.

If there was a university degree for greed, you cunts would all get first-class honours.

The great changes in civilisation and society have been wrought by deeply held beliefs and passion rather than by a process of rational deduction.

If you are sitting on the title of any block of land in New South Wales you can bet an Aboriginal person at some stage was dispossessed of it.