My father had the same name as me but he was known as Alec. He was a member of the House of Representatives.

I'm not terribly focused on whether I even could ever become the Leader of the Liberal Party or the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in the future.

I think any good government will target on the finishing date, that is, the polling day and make sure that their strategy is strong and in place to get them successfully re-elected.

So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how they wish.

Yeah, well I'm not aspiring to be the Prime Minister.

Well goodness knows, goodness knows what historians will write.

I hate to spoil my own prospects, but I really don't respect the kiss-and-tell approach to public life at all, not at all.

If people are concerned about my house and where I live again it's much more of a reflection on them than it is on me.

Yes, I don't think I shall ever become Prime Minister. Hard as that is to swallow, I tell you one person who is very happy always to see me say that, and that's my wife.

Good does not exist without the evil and right does not hold weight without knowing the wrong.

I personally think Chimes of Midnight is a much better film than Citizen Kane.

I think we have got to put fire under the feet of all kinds of people.

Ah, great it is to believe the dream as we stand in youth by the starry stream; But a greater thing is to fight life through, and at the end, 'The dream is true!'

You suffer because you try to fulfill yourself. You think of yourself in a limited way.

Being a conservative on campus is like bing a goat amongst the taliban. You are never safe.

Genuine [economic] value lies in the power to sustain or enrich life

Those who satisfy the wants of a smaller number of people only collect fewer votes-dollars-than those who satisfy the wants of more people.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

It's the friend you call up at four o'clock in the morning that really matters.