One tires of combat, although I can still throw a punch, you know.

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

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

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.

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

No choice we can make as a nation lies between our history and our geography. We can hardly change either of them. They are immutable. The only choice we can make as a nation is the choice about our future.

The Labor Party is a party of conviction. The Liberal Party is a party of convenience.