57 Quotes by Alexander Downer

I'm not criticising the defence team, because I don't set myself up as the person who they should turn to for advice on their defence.

In addition, I will express Australian support for international efforts to meet the pressing humanitarian problems facing North Korea.

I don't think there's any need to be concerned about it, ... I think this is just another paragraph in a very long book of fiery rhetoric, that we've heard for many years.

You could hide things under a raincoat I suppose. I don't think we're going to ban raincoats.

The kangaroos appear to hop up and down when the page is moved backwards and forwards, and my department thinks that that is a very nice touch,

I hate to spoil my own prospects, but I really don’t respect the kiss-and-tell approach to public life at all, not at all.

If people are concerned about my house and where I live again it’s much more of a reflection on them than it is on me.

Yes, I don’t think I shall ever become Prime Minister. Hard as that is to swallow, I tell you one person who is very happy always to see me say that, and that’s my wife.

I think prime ministers, I actually think Cabinet ministers should be subject to intense scrutiny, I think that’s in the public interest, even if some of the allegations made aren’t right and so on, and they have to correct the record, it doesn’t matter.