Life wasn't meant to be easy.

Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action.

We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face.

Solutions will not be found while Indigenous people are treated as victims for whom someone else must find solutions.

We are seeing healing among the stolen generations, and initiatives which are enabling Indigenous people to make their distinctive contribution to our national life.

There are no quick fixes to Indigenous poverty and social disaster.

Yet there are thousands of Indigenous people searching for family members.

He (Gorton) is not fit to hold the great office of Prime Minister.

I think the climate is too important to say we are going to wait until all our economic woes are over before we act effectively.

The great task of statesmanship is to apply past lessons to new situations, to draw correct analogies to understand and act upon present forces, to recognise the need for change.

I want to catch Mr Whitlam with his pants down.

The only people I owe an apology to are my dead parents. Except my father because he's still alive.

As the most social apes, we inhabit a mirror-world in which every important relationship, whether with spouse, friend or child, shapes the brain, which in turn shapes our relationships.

In kindergarten that used to be my job, to tell them fairytales. I liked Hans Christian Andersen, and the Grimm fairy tales, all the classic fairy tales.

My fans are incredible. They mean the world to me, I love them dearly.

Debates must take place in an atmosphere of courtesy.

I like to think of making cancer a chronic disease rather than focus just on curing cancer.

But who, except God, can say whether a man is right or foolish if he follows the call of his conscience?

I’ve got no criminal record.

You have to keep running. I always believed I was going to be safe.

There's nothing on earth to do here but look at the view and eat. You can imagine the result since I do not like to look at views.