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In the end, rational policy is always good.

~Paul Keating

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The great changes in civilisation and society have been wrought by deeply held beliefs and passion rather than by a process of rational deduction.

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When the Berlin Wall came down the Americans cried, 'Victory,' and walked off the field.

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I used to say in the cabinet room, 'confidence is not like a can of Popeye spinach - you can't take the top off and swallow it down.' You know, confidence has to be earned.

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Countries get one chance in history of putting into place a savings retirement scheme on the scale of the Australian superannuation system.

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I have said before, you don't expect conservative parties to believe in much, but you do expect them to believe in thrift.

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What we have to do is make our way in Asia ourselves with an independent foreign policy. Our future is basically in the region around us in South East Asia.

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I have long believed, especially after the unprovoked Western attack on Iraq and the ransacking of the Gaddafi regime in Libya, that North Korea would not desist from the full development of its nuclear weapons program, despite threats and sanctions from the West and even from China.

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A more worldly and competent foreign and defence policy is by far the preferred first line of defence - rather than the default position of relying on expensive but problematic hardware.

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Russia alone has the capacity to obliterate the United States.

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Politician

Born: January 18th, 1944

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