Australia Quote by John Mearsheimer

You see, psychologically, Australia must understand it has to live in the region around it. Australia must find its security in Asia; it cannot…

— Paul Keating

Australia is not a safe place.

— Mahathir Mohamad

Alone of all the races on earth, they seem to be free from the 'Grass is Greener on the other side of the fence'…

— Douglas Adams

If Australia is attacked, it's no longer terrorism. We have invaded Iraq. Iraq, or its new allies, have every right to attack back.

— Margo Kingston

If the Australian Government were to associate itself with the United States attack on Iraq, which was not sanctioned by the United Nations Security…

— Bob Hawke

If Australia wants to be a friend of Asia, it should stop behaving as if it is there to teach us how to run…

— Mahathir Mohamad

Never get involved in a land war in Asia.

— William Goldman

My point was that the war was intrinsically wrong, and as a result of our participation we haven't improved Australia's security but created a…

— Bob Hawke

People who say, 'There's nothing to fear from spiders' have clearly never been to Australia.

— Cate Blanchett

In the end, there will always be a fundamental difference of perspective between New Zealand and Australia on defense, whoever is in government.

— Helen Clark

There's a sort of absurdity to Australia and the so-called New World nations. I sensed it all the time growing up in Western Australia,…

— Shaun Tan

When the world is in trouble, Australia responds. Australia is a good, global citizen.

— Tony Abbott