Paul Keating
Paul Keating
Paul John Keatingis an Australian politician who was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia and the Leader of the Labor Party from 1991 to 1996. Born in a working-class Sydney suburb and having left school at 15, Keating was first elected to the House of Representatives at 25, winning the seat of Blaxland in 1969...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 January 1944
CountryAustralia
Paul Keating quotes about
jobs hypocrisy community
We will not adopt the fantastic hypocrisy of modern conservatism which preaches the values of families and communities, while conducting a direct assault on them through reduced wages and conditions and job security.
university-degrees class greed
If there was a university degree for greed, you cunts would all get first-class honours.
australia would-be unthinkable
Australia without the Irish would be unthinkable . . . unimaginable . . . unspeakable.
political life-is modern
The great curse of modern political life is incrementalism.
party two together
The fact is Burke is smarter than two thirds of the Western Australian Labor Party rolled together
strong nice being-nice
Leadership is not about being nice. it's about being right and being strong
flying lows persons
This is a low flying person
morning party people
The Labor Party is not going to profit from having these proven unsuccessful people around who are frightened of their own shadow and won't get out of bed in the morning unless they've had a focus group report to tell them which side of bed to get out.
australia asia security
You see, psychologically, Australia must understand it has to live in the region around it. Australia must find its security in Asia; it cannot find its security from Asia.
morning silly names
Silly what's his name, the Shrek, whoever he was on the television this morning?
shows finished
The G7, just a European centric show, an Atlantic show, is fundamentally finished.
achieve australian extraordinary
Anybody who achieves what Malcolm Fraser achieved in his life deserves respect as a quite extraordinary Australian.
australia may opponents
In the end it's the big picture which changes nations and whatever our opponents may say, Australia's changed inexorably for good, for the better.
party political conviction
The Labor Party is a party of conviction. The Liberal Party is a party of convenience.