Everyone's got different views. I think you're better off staying within the party and prosecuting those views than stepping out of it.

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

All Australians understand that high-quality, reliable and affordable broadband is a critical part of the infrastructure our nation needs to prosper in coming years.

I believe that politicians should speak the truth all the time. Invariably there will be occasions when you make statements that are factually incorrect due to an error.

We learn from every natural disaster. Whether it's a fire or a flood, we learn something from it so we can respond to the next one better.

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.

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

It is unmanly. It is not some expression of macho virtue. It is the absolute antithesis of this. Real men don't bully women and children. Respect for women ... is so important.

Everything we do as a government is focused on getting help and support for hard-working Australian families. We are standing up for them.

There is a tendency to try to dumb everything down and turn everything into a one-paragraph press release or even less, just a slogan.

Americans understand that they have no stronger ally, no better friend, than Australia.

There is no greater sorrow than having to live with an untold experience

With the power of love

A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.

Life is full of many minor annoyances, and few matters of real consequence.

John Muir, Earth-planet, Universe.

Don't just be yourself. Be all of your selves.

Okay, uh, I'm lost. I'm angry. And I'm armed.

'But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the man who deserves to be called a philosopher, isn't he?'

The mind creates the abyss. The heart crosses over it. Love is the bridge.