Kevin Rudd

Politics is about power. It is about the power of the state. It is about the power of the state as applied…

— Kevin Rudd

Compassion is not a dirty word.. it's time we rehabilitated compassion into the national political vocabulary of this great nation of ours.

— Kevin Rudd

What we have seen in financial markets should bring home to us all that the central organising principle of this 21st century…

— Kevin Rudd

I just don't really get into all that sort of personal negative stuff. My job is to outline some positive plans for…

— Kevin Rudd

I do not know whether I will be in this place for a short or a long time. That is for others…

— Kevin Rudd

The alternatives [to the stimulus packages] were to do nothing or, worse, effectively replicate the Premiers' Plan of 1931 when governments cut…

— Kevin Rudd

As nations we should also commit afresh to righting past wrongs. In Australia we began this recently with the first Australians -…

— Kevin Rudd

John Howard's credibility on the entire Iraq war has been torpedoed by John Howard's own intelligence agency.

— Kevin Rudd

Something my mum taught me years and years and years ago, is life's just too short to carry around a great bucket-load…

— Kevin Rudd

2009 was a tough year, but Australia rose to the challenge of the global financial crisis. It shows what can be done…

— Kevin Rudd

But Australia faces additional regional and global challenges also crucial to our nation's future - climate change, questions of energy and food…

— Kevin Rudd

There is a reason why the cultures of Indigenous Australia inspire such fascination. And that is that they represent a unique way…

— Kevin Rudd

Of course I base all my election promises and policies on opinion polls

— Kevin Rudd

Having a go at kids with a terminal illness is really beyond the pale, absolutely beyond the pale.

— Kevin Rudd

I was elected by the Australian people to bring back a fair go for all Australians. I have given my absolute best…

— Kevin Rudd

I've been around long enough to not take seriously statements like I am about to be crushed. I'm about how do we…

— Kevin Rudd

To be a member of the Labor Party is to be an optimist - optimistic about the future of Australia, optimistic about…

— Kevin Rudd

Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great sadness that I announce that I will resign as Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs. I…

— Kevin Rudd

I deeply believe that if the Australian Labor Party, a party of which I have been a proud member for more than…

— Kevin Rudd

Because the time has come, well and truly come, for all peoples of our great country, for all citizens of our great…

— Kevin Rudd

It is a high honour to be elected Prime Minister of Australia.

— Kevin Rudd

A continuing narrative throughout Australia's history that says it is better to build up than to tear down - this is the…

— Kevin Rudd

The Australia to 2050 report highlights something that is well understood by South Australians, that infrastructure plays a key role in long-term…

— Kevin Rudd

I was elected by the people of Australia as Prime Minister of Australia. I was elected to do a job, I intend…

— Kevin Rudd

There's nothing like having a bit of somebody else in you.

— Kevin Rudd