91 Quotes by Paul Keating

John Howard turned the prime ministership into something like a state police minister. He’s at the scene of every crime, twice a day on radio, the guy did no thinking.

I think Australia has to be a country which has the ‘Welcome’ sign out.

This is a low flying person.

Silly what’s his name, the Shrek, whoever he was on the television this morning?

The Labor Party is not going to profit from having these proven unsuccessful people around who are frightened of their own shadow and won’t get out of bed in the morning unless they’ve had a focus group report to tell them which side of bed to get out.

In the end it’s the big picture which changes nations and whatever our opponents may say, Australia’s changed inexorably for good, for the better.

Well, Australians should speak for the national interests of Australia, and whatever role former Australian prime ministers may have, one of the things you do is speak frankly about the country as you see the country’s best interests, you know?

You just can’t have a position where some pumped up bunyip potentate dismisses an elected government.

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