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I used to refer to him as Thallium, a slow acting dope

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Leadership is not about being nice. It's about being right and being strong.

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

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

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I'm a bastard. But I'm a bastard who gets the mail through. And they appreciate that.

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

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

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It really surprises me that some people in this party think we owe Westpac something. Or the ANZ Bank. Or the National.

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

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This is the sweetest victory of all. This is a victory for the true believers; the people who, in difficult times, have kept the faith.

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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.

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The little desiccated coconut is under pressure and he is attacking anything he can get his hands on... (he is) still there araldited to the seat.

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This little flower, this delicate little beauty, this cream puff, is supposed to be beyond personal criticism…He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.
Of John Hewson

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I mean (blowing lips), I mean he's going Mr Speaker, Mr Speaker, he's going troppo, he's going troppo, he's more to be pitied than despised, he's simply going troppo.

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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.

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The excesses of the 80s must not reappear in the 90s, The last thing we need now is a return to the 80s philosophy of 'greed is good' and that the only useful interest is self-interest.

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