How can you render the duties of justice to men when they may destroy you?

It's too much to expect in an academic setting that we should all agree, but it is not too much to expect discipline and unvarying civility.

Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, There's no place like home.

The most important civil liberty... is to stay alive and to be free from violence and death.

You are not prime minister of Australia because of some kind of process of divine selection. You are prime minister of Australia through the gift of the Australian people.

I'd like to be seen as an average Australian bloke. I can't think of... I can't think of a nobler description of anybody than to be called an average Australian bloke.

People who say they're too busy to have lunch have a false impression of their own importance.

Truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.

For so long as we condone injustice by a small but powerful group, we condone the destruction of all social stability, all real peace, all trust in man's good intentions toward his fellow man.

I don't think there's any reason on Earth why people should have access to automatic and semiautomatic weapons unless they're in the military or in the police.

I thank all of those who weren't born in this country for coming here and making a contribution to Australia. We are the least discriminatory country in the world, in my view.

The process of dying is falling asleep. The process of death is waking up.

The devil will not be fine about your blessing and will make sure that your blessings become your headache

All love is lost but upon God alone.

If you are to be Hercule Poirot, you must think of everything.

Through persistence numerous individuals win accomplishment out of what appeared bound to be sure disappointment.

Franchot Tone is nuttier than a fruitcake, so don't let the genteel frosting fool you.

I need to work to feel well.

WEALTH AND HOW TO ACHIEVE IT: Let us define the wealthy man as he who has everything he desires. How to reach that happy condition? Two ways

When the mind is attuned to the cosmic law, all the laws of nature are in perfect harmony with the aspirations of the mind.

in a way it doesn't matter whether you open doors or close them, you still end up in a box.