Alexander Downer Quotes
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The protection of human rights to promote the dignity of the individual is too important a matter for symbolic gestures alone. It is only through…
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I'm not terribly focused on whether I even could ever become the Leader of the Liberal Party or the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party…
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So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how…
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My father had the same name as me but he was known as Alec. He was a member of the House of Representatives.
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Well people often ask me how I felt growing up with a father who was a politician and who was often away. But when I'm…
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If people are concerned about my house and where I live again it's much more of a reflection on them than it is on me.
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I hate to spoil my own prospects, but I really don't respect the kiss-and-tell approach to public life at all, not at all.
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I think prime ministers, I actually think Cabinet ministers should be subject to intense scrutiny, I think that's in the public interest, even if some…
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Yeah, well I'm not aspiring to be the Prime Minister.
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I think any good government will target on the finishing date, that is, the polling day and make sure that their strategy is strong and…
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Well goodness knows, goodness knows what historians will write.
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Yes, I don't think I shall ever become Prime Minister. Hard as that is to swallow, I tell you one person who is very happy…
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Sheik Hilaly is making a good contribution. He is making a good contribution.
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Well, I'm not going to go into what the letter says, because the police are looking at that. But as you say it's in Bahasa.…
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Well, it's a - I don't want to disappoint you, but it's a time worn tradition of Australian Governments over many years not to get…
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