96 Quotes by Malcolm Turnbull

There’s the occasion when politicians will say things that are simply not true or that they make commitments that they have no intention of fulfilling. That is something that I think should not happen. That’s a no-no. That’s a third rail that you shouldn’t touch.

We are already experiencing the symptoms of climate change, especially with a hotter and drier climate in southern Australia – the rush to construct desalination plants is an expensive testament to that.

Anyone who thinks it’s smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.

I don’t find myself in moral turmoil. I’m not given to turmoil of any kind.

In economics, one of the most important concepts is ‘opportunity cost’ – the idea that once you spend your money on something, you can’t spend it again on something else.

I’m sick of the cover-ups, I’m sick of the lies, and so are the bloody veterans, that come out daily of the department’s mouth.

When politicians offer you something for nothing, or something that sounds too good to be true, it’s always worth taking a careful second look.

You cannot keep on saying oh, you know, talking about disrespecting women as just being politically correct or it’s not a big deal or brushing things off. You’ve got to be aware of it.

Let us be honest with each other. The threat to marriage is not the gays. It is a lack of loving commitment – whether it is found in the form of neglect, indifference, cruelty or adultery, to name just a few manifestations of the loveless desert in which too many marriages come to grief.