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> [ \[ Rajiv Gandhi\] was very reflective and rueful and regretful about the fact that his children's education...He wanted them to get educated outside of India, but he said to me the only place that he found where they would be… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/rajiv-gandhi-was-very-reflective-and-rueful-and-regretful-about-the/)

[Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/)

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> [ It was the South African Government that has introduced politics into sport by decreeing politically that no non-white person will represent their country. They introduced politics into sport." And Don \[Bradman\] was a very shrewd old bloke, and he looked… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/it-was-the-south-african-government-that-has-introduced-politics-into/)

[Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/)

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## Other authors on Blokes

## More by Bob Hawke

> [ Brian Mulroney, myself, \[and\] Rajiv Gandhi; I think that was the real core \[of the Commonwealth \]. That was the engine room, I reckon. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/brian-mulroney-myself-and-rajiv-gandhi-i-think-that-was-the-real-core/)

[Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/)

> [While society cannot provide employment for its members, the production/work/income nexus has to be abandoned as a justification for our present parsimony to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/while-society-cannot-provide-employment-for-its-members-the/)

[Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/)

> [ We \[ with Brian Mulroney and Rajiv Gandhi\] went to the meeting in Canada \[the 1987 Vancouver CHOGM\] and I said to them there… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/we-with-brian-mulroney-and-rajiv-gandhi-went-to-the-meeting-in-canada/)

[Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/)

> [ I told \[ David Lange\] he was crazy, because you can't have an alliance relationship if you refuse access to their ships. And the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/i-told-david-lange-he-was-crazy-because-you-can-t-have-an-alliance/)

[Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/)

> [I find a fence a very uncomfortable place to squat my bottom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/i-find-a-fence-a-very-uncomfortable-place-to-squat-my-bottom/)

[Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/)

> [ There is a reciprocal respect for \[ Elizabeth II\], for her interest in the Commonwealth. The members of the Commonwealth recognise that here is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/there-is-a-reciprocal-respect-for-elizabeth-ii-for-her-interest-in/)

[Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/)

> [We are building together a nation in which there are no second-class Australians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/we-are-building-together-a-nation-in-which-there-are-no-second-class/)

[Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/)

> [I had no time for Indira Gandhi. She was too much in the Russian camp for my liking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/i-had-no-time-for-indira-gandhi-she-was-too-much-in-the-russian-camp/)

[Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/)

> [I wrote a letter to our Australian newspaper about three weeks before the invasion and I said, "Osama bin Laden must be on his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/i-wrote-a-letter-to-our-australian-newspaper-about-three-weeks-before/)

[Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/)

> [I can't speak with authority about Emeka Anyaoku. I just didn't know him that well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/i-can-t-speak-with-authority-about-emeka-anyaoku-i-just-didn-t-know/)

[Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/)

> [ George Bush Junior \[George W Bush\] was a religious fanatic, and Tony Blair wasn't far behind in a way. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/george-bush-junior-george-w-bush-was-a-religious-fanatic-and-tony/)

[Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/)

> [I felt completely ready to become prime minister. I came to office better equipped, in terms of knowledge of economics and of the Australian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/i-felt-completely-ready-to-become-prime-minister-i-came-to-office/)

[Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/)

> [I went along with it, and wanted to appoint a significant figure in Malcolm Fraser. I didn't have high hopes that they'd be able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/i-went-along-with-it-and-wanted-to-appoint-a-significant-figure-in/)

[Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/)

> [ One of the features of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings was \[that\] she \[ Elizabeth II\] would have a meeting with each of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/one-of-the-features-of-the-commonwealth-heads-of-government-meetings/)

[Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/)

> [The greatest stain upon this great Australian nation's character, without any question, is the great gaps that exist between our Aboriginal brothers and sisters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-hawke/the-greatest-stain-upon-this-great-australian-nation-s-character/)

[Bob Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-hawke/)

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