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> [If you are sitting on the title of any block of land in New South Wales you can bet an Aboriginal person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-keating/if-you-are-sitting-on-the-title-of-any-block-of-land-in-new-south/)

[Paul Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-keating/)

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> [Aboriginal art and culture draws from the land, for Aboriginality and the land are essential to each other and are inseparable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-keating/aboriginal-art-and-culture-draws-from-the-land-for-aboriginality-and/)

[Paul Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-keating/)

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> [At its best, Aboriginal art has been effective in translating an entire culture and the understanding of an entire continent. Indeed, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-keating/at-its-best-aboriginal-art-has-been-effective-in-translating-an/)

[Paul Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-keating/)

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## More by Paul Keating

> [Good economics is good politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-keating/good-economics-is-good-politics/)

[Paul Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-keating/)

> [One of the inevitable aspects of debates about euthanasia is the reluctance on the part of advocates to confront the essence of what they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-keating/one-of-the-inevitable-aspects-of-debates-about-euthanasia-is-the/)

[Paul Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-keating/)

> [I think the rise of China is one of the great events of all economic and human history, and I think this will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-keating/i-think-the-rise-of-china-is-one-of-the-great-events-of-all-economic/)

[Paul Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-keating/)

> [I always believed in burning up the government's political capital, not being Mr Safe Guy, you know?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-keating/i-always-believed-in-burning-up-the-government-s-political-capital/)

[Paul Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-keating/)

> [You get one chance to do something about native title. You get perhaps one chance in your life to do something about a republic.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-keating/you-get-one-chance-to-do-something-about-native-title-you-get-perhaps/)

[Paul Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-keating/)

> [We took the traditional lands and smashed the traditional way of life. We brought the disasters. The alcohol. We committed the murders. We took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-keating/we-took-the-traditional-lands-and-smashed-the-traditional-way-of-life/)

[Paul Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-keating/)

> [The death of Malcolm Fraser underwrites a great loss to Australia. Notwithstanding a controversial prime ministership, in later years he harboured one abiding and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-keating/the-death-of-malcolm-fraser-underwrites-a-great-loss-to-australia/)

[Paul Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-keating/)

> [One is left with the thought that given the way we now abuse the ocean and abuse the climate that we are heading towards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-keating/one-is-left-with-the-thought-that-given-the-way-we-now-abuse-the/)

[Paul Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-keating/)

> [For John Howard to get to any high moral ground he would have to first climb out of the volcanic hole he's dug for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-keating/for-john-howard-to-get-to-any-high-moral-ground-he-would-have-to/)

[Paul Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-keating/)

> [I think Australia has to be a country which has the 'Welcome' sign out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-keating/i-think-australia-has-to-be-a-country-which-has-the-welcome-sign-out/)

[Paul Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-keating/)

> [The lesson of the Federation should be that the lesson is over. Australia must have a new idea of itself. We have to strike…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-keating/the-lesson-of-the-federation-should-be-that-the-lesson-is-over/)

[Paul Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-keating/)

> [Well, frenetic activity in the end suiting journos, running at the behest of little press secretaries does not pay off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-keating/well-frenetic-activity-in-the-end-suiting-journos-running-at-the/)

[Paul Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-keating/)

> [I try to use the Australian idiom to its maximum advantage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-keating/i-try-to-use-the-australian-idiom-to-its-maximum-advantage/)

[Paul Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-keating/)

> [The only reward in a public life is public progress. You stand back and say, 'What did I get out of it?' You look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-keating/the-only-reward-in-a-public-life-is-public-progress-you-stand-back/)

[Paul Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-keating/)

> [Row with Malaysia Prime Minister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-keating/row-with-malaysia-prime-minister/)

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