John Howard
John Howard
John Winston Howard, OM, AC, was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. Only Sir Robert Menzies has served in the position longer...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth26 July 1939
CountryAustralia
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We'll cooperate, but I want to make it plain that we're not going to alter our policy in relation to mandatory detention.
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There is great commitment in Australia to further developing the relationship between our two countries.
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I have had the view that cutting wages is not the path to prosperity, and one of the great myths propagated about my attitude to industrial relations is that I believe in lower wages. I've never believed in lower wages. Never. Never believed in lower wages, I've never believed in lower wages as an economic instrument.
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Of all the important relationships that Australia has with other countries, none has been more greatly transformed over the last 10 years than our relationship with China.
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I think we have been silent for too long about the impact of some of these things. You cannot keep bombarding people with violent messages and anti-social messages without them having some impact.
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I see it as an ongoing attempt by terrorists to undermine democratic Indonesia.
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Our role here, the battlefield is here to commemorate the fighting and the soldiers who fought and died here.
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I think I'm seen as trustworthy. I'm seen as having determination and persistence, and I'm seen as having a capacity to reach achievable answers to difficult issues.
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Terrorists oppose nations such as the United States and Australia not because of what we have done but because of who we are and because of the values that we hold in common.
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I won't indicate at this stage that I'm sympathetic to this or that possible change.
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We will by not later than June ... have from our officials an assessment of individual areas of change and reform needed in mental health.
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We understand that we have differences but we also respect the fact that if you focus on the things that we have in common you can build a relationship.
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This strategic partnership builds on many commercial links between Australian and Chinese companies over a long number of years, which has seen, for example, the growth of Australian exports to China over the last five years almost double.
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We want to assert the very principle that truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.