I think the Australian people are very conscientious. During the 1980s and 1990s we proved they will respond conscientiously to necessary reforms. They mightn't like them but they'll accept them. But reforms have to be presented in a digestible format. — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
When we were actually in the Keating reform era, the Business Council was of no help. — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
One of the inevitable aspects of debates about euthanasia is the reluctance on the part of advocates to confront the essence of what they… — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
I think the rise of China is one of the great events of all economic and human history, and I think this will be… — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
I always believed in burning up the government's political capital, not being Mr Safe Guy, you know? — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
You get one chance to do something about native title. You get perhaps one chance in your life to do something about a republic.… — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
We took the traditional lands and smashed the traditional way of life. We brought the disasters. The alcohol. We committed the murders. We took… — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
The death of Malcolm Fraser underwrites a great loss to Australia. Notwithstanding a controversial prime ministership, in later years he harboured one abiding and… — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
One is left with the thought that given the way we now abuse the ocean and abuse the climate that we are heading towards… — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
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… — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
I think Australia has to be a country which has the 'Welcome' sign out. — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
The lesson of the Federation should be that the lesson is over. Australia must have a new idea of itself. We have to strike… — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
Well, frenetic activity in the end suiting journos, running at the behest of little press secretaries does not pay off. — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
