I'm sick of the cover-ups, I'm sick of the lies, and so are the bloody veterans, that come out daily of the department's mouth.

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.

It is not our politicians who will lead the change. The only person who can change our politics is the engaged citizen.

Sometimes language can't even read the music of meaning.

The judiciary in Burma is not independent. It's widely known, everybody knows that.

After a while the press of business in the province put an end to our philosophizing, and I returned with increased determination to my plans to fly to the Moon.

The food of hope is meditative action.

The longer we remain without confessing, the worse it is for us, the more entangled we become in the bonds of sin, and therefore the more difficult it is to give an account.

Ideally a just constitution would be a just procedure arranged to insure a just outcome.

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.

I just want to do films 'cause I like being someone else. My music is kind of like my diary. I'll always do that... I just feel like the music industry isn't as positive as I'd like it to be.

Donald Trump really has authoritarian, dictatorial instincts.