I think leadership's always been about two main things: imagination and courage.

He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up

The great curse of modern political life is incrementalism.

When the Berlin Wall came down the Americans cried, 'Victory,' and walked off the field.

Anybody who achieves what Malcolm Fraser achieved in his life deserves respect as a quite extraordinary Australian.

The Labor Party is not going to profit from having these proven unsuccessful people around who are frightened of their own shadow and won't get out of bed in the morning unless they've had a focus group report to tell them which side of bed to get out.

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.