Leadership is not about being nice. it's about being right and being strong

In the end, the key ingredient for public life is imagination. You imagine something better, you try to bring the people with you.

You see, before I became prime minister, the Australian prime minister only attended ever two meetings in the world: the British Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and the South Pacific Forum.

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

Nobody wants to have in their CV in the upper echelons of the American economic family that they nationalised major banks.

Well, Australians should speak for the national interests of Australia, and whatever role former Australian prime ministers may have, one of the things you do is speak frankly about the country as you see the country's best interests, you know?

If this Government cannot get the adjustment, get manufacturing going again, and keep moderate wage outcomes and a sensible economic policy, then Australia is basically done for. We will end up being a third rate economy... a banana republic.