--- title: "1 Burke Quotes By Paul Keating" description: "1 Burke quotes by Paul Keating. Plus more from Paul Keating and more Burke sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe3/paul-keating-8731_australian_the-fact-is-burke-is-smarter-than-two-th_2531357.png" --- > [The fact is Burke is smarter than two thirds of the Western Australian Labor Party rolled together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-keating/the-fact-is-burke-is-smarter-than-two-thirds-of-the-western/) [Paul Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-keating/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe3/paul-keating-8731_australian_the-fact-is-burke-is-smarter-than-two-th_2531357.png) ## 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/) [Paul Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-keating/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burke/paul-keating/#itemlist", "name": "1 Burke Quotes By Paul Keating", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The fact is Burke is smarter than two thirds of the Western Australian Labor Party rolled together.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Keating" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-keating/the-fact-is-burke-is-smarter-than-two-thirds-of-the-western/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe3/paul-keating-8731_australian_the-fact-is-burke-is-smarter-than-two-th_2531357.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe3/paul-keating-8731_australian_the-fact-is-burke-is-smarter-than-two-th_2531357.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe3/paul-keating-8731_australian_the-fact-is-burke-is-smarter-than-two-th_2531357.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The fact is Burke is smarter than two thirds of the Western Australian Labor Party rolled together.” — Paul Keating", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burke/paul-keating/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burke/paul-keating/", "name": "Burke Quotes by Paul Keating", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burke/paul-keating/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe3/paul-keating-8731_australian_the-fact-is-burke-is-smarter-than-two-th_2531357.png" }, "description": "1 Burke quotes by Paul Keating. 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