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> [We apologise for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/we-apologise-for-the-laws-and-policies-of-successive-parliaments-and/)

[Kevin Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rudd/)

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> [A future where all Australians, whatever their origins, are truly equal partners, with equal opportunities and with an equal stake in shaping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/a-future-where-all-australians-whatever-their-origins-are-truly-equal/)

[Kevin Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rudd/)

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> [We are so fortunate, as Australians, to have among us the oldest continuing cultures in human history. Cultures that link our nation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/we-are-so-fortunate-as-australians-to-have-among-us-the-oldest/)

[Kevin Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rudd/)

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## Other authors on Aboriginal

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## More by Kevin Rudd

> [Politics is about power. It is about the power of the state. It is about the power of the state as applied to individuals,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/politics-is-about-power-it-is-about-the-power-of-the-state-it-is/)

[Kevin Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rudd/)

> [Compassion is not a dirty word.. it's time we rehabilitated compassion into the national political vocabulary of this great nation of ours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/compassion-is-not-a-dirty-word-it-s-time-we-rehabilitated-compassion/)

[Kevin Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rudd/)

> [What we have seen in financial markets should bring home to us all that the central organising principle of this 21st century is interdependence.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/what-we-have-seen-in-financial-markets-should-bring-home-to-us-all/)

[Kevin Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rudd/)

> [I just don't really get into all that sort of personal negative stuff. My job is to outline some positive plans for the country's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/i-just-don-t-really-get-into-all-that-sort-of-personal-negative-stuff/)

[Kevin Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rudd/)

> [I do not know whether I will be in this place for a short or a long time. That is for others to decide.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/i-do-not-know-whether-i-will-be-in-this-place-for-a-short-or-a-long/)

[Kevin Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rudd/)

> [ The alternatives \[to the stimulus packages\] were to do nothing or, worse, effectively replicate the Premiers' Plan of 1931 when governments cut expenditure, thereby… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/the-alternatives-to-the-stimulus-packages-were-to-do-nothing-or-worse/)

[Kevin Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rudd/)

> [As nations we should also commit afresh to righting past wrongs. In Australia we began this recently with the first Australians - the oldest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/as-nations-we-should-also-commit-afresh-to-righting-past-wrongs-in/)

[Kevin Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rudd/)

> [John Howard's credibility on the entire Iraq war has been torpedoed by John Howard's own intelligence agency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/john-howard-s-credibility-on-the-entire-iraq-war-has-been-torpedoed/)

[Kevin Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rudd/)

> [Something my mum taught me years and years and years ago, is life's just too short to carry around a great bucket-load of anger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/something-my-mum-taught-me-years-and-years-and-years-ago-is-life-s/)

[Kevin Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rudd/)

> [2009 was a tough year, but Australia rose to the challenge of the global financial crisis. It shows what can be done when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/2009-was-a-tough-year-but-australia-rose-to-the-challenge-of-the/)

[Kevin Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rudd/)

> [But Australia faces additional regional and global challenges also crucial to our nation's future - climate change, questions of energy and food security, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/but-australia-faces-additional-regional-and-global-challenges-also/)

[Kevin Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rudd/)

> [There is a reason why the cultures of Indigenous Australia inspire such fascination. And that is that they represent a unique way of thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/there-is-a-reason-why-the-cultures-of-indigenous-australia-inspire/)

[Kevin Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rudd/)

> [Of course I base all my election promises and policies on opinion polls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/of-course-i-base-all-my-election-promises-and-policies-on-opinion/)

[Kevin Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rudd/)

> [Having a go at kids with a terminal illness is really beyond the pale, absolutely beyond the pale.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/having-a-go-at-kids-with-a-terminal-illness-is-really-beyond-the-pale/)

[Kevin Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rudd/)

> [I was elected by the Australian people to bring back a fair go for all Australians. I have given my absolute best to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/i-was-elected-by-the-australian-people-to-bring-back-a-fair-go-for/)

[Kevin Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rudd/)

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