--- title: "3 Indigenous Quotes By Warren Mundine" description: "3 Indigenous quotes by Warren Mundine. Plus more from Warren Mundine and more Indigenous sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e7/warren-mundine-28173_affair_i-noticed-and-this-is-one-of-the-people_261508.jpg" --- > [ I noticed - and this is one of the people don't understand of Tony \[Abbot\] - he grew. To me he grew… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mundine/i-noticed-and-this-is-one-of-the-people-don-t-understand-of-tony/) [Warren Mundine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mundine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e7/warren-mundine-28173_affair_i-noticed-and-this-is-one-of-the-people_261508.jpg) > [A good government is one with a duty to help everyone, to maximise his or her potential: Indigenous people, people with disabilities,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mundine/a-good-government-is-one-with-a-duty-to-help-everyone-to-maximise-his/) [Warren Mundine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mundine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27f/warren-mundine-28173_behinds_a-good-government-is-one-with-a-duty-to_295074.jpg) > [I think this is one of the problems that we're having in Indigenous affairs. Why we're not confronting the issues that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mundine/i-think-this-is-one-of-the-problems-that-we-re-having-in-indigenous/) [Warren Mundine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mundine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/warren-mundine-28173_aboriginal_i-think-this-is-one-of-the-problems-that_1450964.jpg) ## Other authors on Indigenous - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rigoberta-menchu-79161.jpg) Rigoberta Menchu 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/rigoberta-menchu/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-evo-morales-34390.jpg) Evo Morales 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/evo-morales/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-malcolm-fraser-62853.jpg) Malcolm Fraser 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/malcolm-fraser/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rebecca-adamson-77772.jpg) Rebecca Adamson 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/rebecca-adamson/) - [Perry Bellegarde 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/perry-bellegarde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-patty-mills-6365.jpg) Patty Mills 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/patty-mills/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-lily-gladstone-6158.jpg) Lily Gladstone 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/lily-gladstone/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kevin-rudd-56900.jpg) Kevin Rudd 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/kevin-rudd/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sandra-cisneros-82933.jpg) Sandra Cisneros 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/sandra-cisneros/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-roxanne-dunbarortiz-81448.jpg) Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/roxanne-dunbar-ortiz/) - [Jackie Huggins 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/jackie-huggins/) ## More by Warren Mundine > [The Labor Party has always - always been praised as leaders. In fact, there's probably more books written about ALP leaders and the ALP…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mundine/the-labor-party-has-always-always-been-praised-as-leaders-in-fact/) [Warren Mundine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mundine/) > [If you don't learn about each other, you do not understand each other, and you don't hide warts and all, both sides, then you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mundine/if-you-don-t-learn-about-each-other-you-do-not-understand-each-other/) [Warren Mundine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mundine/) > [ I noticed - and this is one of the people don't understand of Tony \[Abbot\] - he grew. To me he grew as opposition… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mundine/i-noticed-and-this-is-one-of-the-people-don-t-understand-of-tony/) [Warren Mundine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mundine/) > [A good government is one with a duty to help everyone, to maximise his or her potential: Indigenous people, people with disabilities, and our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mundine/a-good-government-is-one-with-a-duty-to-help-everyone-to-maximise-his/) [Warren Mundine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mundine/) > [My father was an old - fashioned bloke, and he actually told me one day, "I'm not your friend, I'm your father. My job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mundine/my-father-was-an-old-fashioned-bloke-and-he-actually-told-me-one-day/) [Warren Mundine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mundine/) > [ If I told my parents that I was going to do that \[ to be really counsel to a Prime Minister\] when I was… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mundine/if-i-told-my-parents-that-i-was-going-to-do-that-to-be-really-counsel/) [Warren Mundine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mundine/) > [Reconciliation will not work if it puts a higher value on symbolic gestures and overblown promises rather than the practical needs of Aboriginal and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mundine/reconciliation-will-not-work-if-it-puts-a-higher-value-on-symbolic/) [Warren Mundine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mundine/) > [I think this is one of the problems that we're having in Indigenous affairs. Why we're not confronting the issues that are going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mundine/i-think-this-is-one-of-the-problems-that-we-re-having-in-indigenous/) [Warren Mundine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mundine/) > [You always felt not happy about things, but you just couldn't put your finger on what was going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mundine/you-always-felt-not-happy-about-things-but-you-just-couldn-t-put-your/) [Warren Mundine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mundine/) > [As far as I'm concerned, any Aboriginal that gets out there and accepts money that has been put out as a package for this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mundine/as-far-as-i-m-concerned-any-aboriginal-that-gets-out-there-and/) [Warren Mundine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mundine/) > [Unless we confront our history, unless we deal with it and move forward, not with recrimination, and move forward then we're always going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mundine/unless-we-confront-our-history-unless-we-deal-with-it-and-move/) [Warren Mundine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mundine/) > [I'm a great reader of history. I love - I have been reading history since I was a kid, and learning the lessons globally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mundine/i-m-a-great-reader-of-history-i-love-i-have-been-reading-history/) [Warren Mundine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mundine/) > [I can convert anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mundine/i-can-convert-anyone/) [Warren Mundine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mundine/) > [We were very - we were a working family, and my father had this very simple philosophy, simple working class approach. If you spoke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mundine/we-were-very-we-were-a-working-family-and-my-father-had-this-very/) [Warren Mundine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mundine/) > [I have got to say, I'm a businessman, I work in business, worked with some very large corporations around the world, and I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mundine/i-have-got-to-say-i-m-a-businessman-i-work-in-business-worked-with/) [Warren Mundine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mundine/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/warren-mundine/#itemlist", "name": "3 Indigenous Quotes By Warren Mundine", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I noticed - and this is one of the people don't understand of Tony [Abbot] - he grew. To me he grew as opposition leader. 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