Commonwealth Quote by Bob Hawke

The concept there was that the small number of developed countries within the Commonwealth should provide assistance. This was not just financial but personal,…

— Bob Hawke

I assumed the leadership within the Commonwealth for the fight against apartheid. I was very much assisted by Brian Mulroney, the Prime Minister of…

— Bob Hawke

I know the situation of the Commonwealth generally, and I know that the aim should be to make the Commonwealth much more relevant to…

— Mahathir Mohamad

Even in South Africa, the Commonwealth were not doing anything, and their attitude was to tolerate apartheid in South Africa. There was a lot…

— Mahathir Mohamad

I think South Africa would be in a lot worse position had you not had visionaries like the Mandelas or the Oliver Tambos or…

— Uzodinma Iweala

It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.

— Queen Elizabeth II

All I was looking for is to be successful. I had the opportunity with Australia, with what it provided for me economically.

— Frank Lowy

One other thing: at the meeting in Canada, [there was] the coup in Fiji. This comes to an important part of the Commonwealth: the…

— Bob Hawke

What supposedly bound that Commonwealth together was a mysterious shared identity - Britishness.

— Richard Flanagan

If the choice were made, one for us to lose our sovereignty and become a member of the Commonwealth or remain with our sovereignty…

— Robert Mugabe

It was very interesting growing up in South Africa then. It was extraordinary. It was multiculturalism before it became an issue.

— Roselee Goldberg

It was fortunate in looking back for South Africa and its entire people that Mandela and I found it possible to work together even…

— F. W. de Klerk