91 Quotes by Paul Keating

While frenetic activity, in the end suiting journos; running at the behest of little press secretaries does not pay off

A familiar question for Australians is how much we are a product of our circumstances, and how much we are what we have made ourselves to be. In truth, by the act of migration the country was made: by that voluntary act and by the emigrants' ambitions it was built.

The fact is Burke is smarter than two thirds of the Western Australian Labor Party rolled together

Australia without the Irish would be unthinkable . . . unimaginable . . . unspeakable.

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

We will not adopt the fantastic hypocrisy of modern conservatism which preaches the values of families and communities, while conducting a direct assault on them through reduced wages and conditions and job security.

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

I think leadership’s always been about two main things: imagination and courage.

If one takes pride in one’s craft, you won’t let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility.