44 Quotes by Bob Hawke

I have a deep love for the Chinese people.

We are building together a nation in which there are no second-class Australians.

If elected, Bill Shorten and his team would hit the ground running, implementing Labor's plans and setting the nation up for a stronger economic future.

Is there some reason why the quality of people going into the parliament is not as high? I don't know the complete answer, but I think - in fact, I'm sure - that part of it is the increasing intrusiveness of the media - the general media and social media - into the private lives of politicians and their families.

My experience is that the Australian people rarely get it wrong - they will vote for a united party that is able to look after their interests and the national interest.

The level of journalism in this country is just so pathetically poor, and I've, in a sense, gone over the top of them, which they don't like.

They've been irrelevant to me, the print media, because my link does not depend upon the menial minds of the scribblers in Canberra or anywhere else.

From that first wage case in 1958, I had, pretty much, rock star status.

I could never afford to be in a position where I could do something stupid, so I gave up drinking.