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> [What we do not know, we often fear. What we do not understand, we fear. And what we fear becomes a threat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-fraser/what-we-do-not-know-we-often-fear-what-we-do-not-understand-we-fear/)

[Malcolm Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-fraser/)

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## More by Malcolm Fraser

> [We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-fraser/we-are-lagging-far-behind-comparable-countries-in-overcoming-the/)

[Malcolm Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-fraser/)

> [Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-fraser/reconciliation-requires-changes-of-heart-and-spirit-as-well-as-social/)

[Malcolm Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-fraser/)

> [Over 120 Aboriginal communities run their own health services - some have been doing so for 30 years. They struggle with difficult medical problems.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-fraser/over-120-aboriginal-communities-run-their-own-health-services-some/)

[Malcolm Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-fraser/)

> [Life wasn't meant to be easy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-fraser/life-wasn-t-meant-to-be-easy/)

[Malcolm Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-fraser/)

> [I want to catch Mr Whitlam with his pants down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-fraser/i-want-to-catch-mr-whitlam-with-his-pants-down/)

[Malcolm Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-fraser/)

> [At the moment people get on boats because they flee terror at home and believe the many years' long wait in UNHCR camps is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-fraser/at-the-moment-people-get-on-boats-because-they-flee-terror-at-home/)

[Malcolm Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-fraser/)

> [Last year the National Sorry Day Committee consulted with stolen generations people in every State and Territory, and concluded that programmes set up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-fraser/last-year-the-national-sorry-day-committee-consulted-with-stolen/)

[Malcolm Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-fraser/)

> [Development requires modification and transformation of the environment... the planet's capacity to support its people us being irreversibly reduced by the destruction and degradation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-fraser/development-requires-modification-and-transformation-of-the/)

[Malcolm Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-fraser/)

> [I didn't like the way Andrew Peacock was not supported in 1984. He'd done well in that election; he deserved to continue. But by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-fraser/i-didn-t-like-the-way-andrew-peacock-was-not-supported-in-1984-he-d/)

[Malcolm Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-fraser/)

> [Socialism is not a way of life. It is an unworkable formula which would apply to robots but not to men and women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-fraser/socialism-is-not-a-way-of-life-it-is-an-unworkable-formula-which/)

[Malcolm Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-fraser/)

> [There are no quick fixes to Indigenous poverty and social disaster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-fraser/there-are-no-quick-fixes-to-indigenous-poverty-and-social-disaster/)

[Malcolm Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-fraser/)

> [Most asylum seekers do get permanent visas, so the earlier they receive the appropriate help, the faster they will become part of the community.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-fraser/most-asylum-seekers-do-get-permanent-visas-so-the-earlier-they/)

[Malcolm Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-fraser/)

> [There should be a global commitment to try and get rid of UNHCR refugee camps and long-term people in those camps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-fraser/there-should-be-a-global-commitment-to-try-and-get-rid-of-unhcr/)

[Malcolm Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-fraser/)

> [We could try and establish a world in which the great and the powerful adhere to that international law which they require ordinary mortals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-fraser/we-could-try-and-establish-a-world-in-which-the-great-and-the/)

[Malcolm Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-fraser/)

> [Politicians today are not highly regarded... there seem to be people young and old and in the middle saying that they have never heard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-fraser/politicians-today-are-not-highly-regarded-there-seem-to-be-people/)

[Malcolm Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-fraser/)

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