Julia Gillard Quotes

My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared. We can create wealth together. The global economy is not a zero-sum game.

I know people are looking at whats happening in Washington and then they also look at events in Europe, in Greece and Portugal and other places and worry about that.

All my life I've believed that men and women have equal capacities and talents...consequently there should be equality in life's chances.

Through hard work and education, we can deliver a strong economy and opportunity for all.

There will be no carbon tax under the government I lead.

Our nation is well equipped to make the transition. We have an abundance of natural resources like wind, natural gas, solar and geothermal.

In politics there's never a magic wand.

If you complain, you’re ‘playing the victim’; if you don’t complain, you are a victim.

Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers.

I know reform is never easy. But I know reform is right.

He will always know as we know now that in the heat of battle he did not fail when mateship and duty called.

Try harder every day to be better than the day before.

In my view, the ideal prime minister is patient, hard-working, compassionate and has a clear vision, driven by the fair go.

Our future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity... and these in turn rely on the education of our people.

We are constantly being told that we've never been wealthier. And many of us are. On average we all are. But that's just the problem.. no one is average.

At the end of the day government is about teamwork and partnership and we will be proving that by working together.

In the quest for comparative advantage, investment will flow towards those countries that can offer more output for fewer emissions. Inaction will cost jobs. Action will support jobs.

The death of Malcolm Fraser underwrites a great loss to Australia... I always thought Malcolm would be around a lot longer. I must say, I wished he had been.

The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability.

So in many ways for me, having lived through what I've lived through, and endured what I've endured, I've got more confidence that I can do the next bit - and there's something sustaining about that.

One of my prized possessions is still the prefect's tie that I got in this school. I keep it with me. It was the first leadership position I ever had.

Climate change is real and it is caused to a significant extent by human activity.

The cartoon absolutely captures something that acres and acres of copy can't. And even photographs can't.

Any sort of political correctness needs to be swept out of the way

There are some things that can't be measured.

I don't rule out the possibility of legislating a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, a market-based mechanism.

The caricature of my own face always makes me laugh.

The great thing about music is that whatever you're into, you see new possibilities.

The first film I remember seeing was Bambi. It has stayed with me because it was so sad.

Here in Australia we do get impacted by global economic events. But we should have some confidence that our economy has got strong underlying fundamentals.

We encourage China to engage as a good global citizen and we are clear-eyed about where differences do lie.

I'm angry and I understand why Australians paying mortgages are angry.

Afghanistan must never again be a safe haven for terrorism.

There's not a sense that the person who is waiting on the table is somehow a lesser person that the person who is eating in the restaurant.