"We are so fortunate, as Australians, to have……" — Kevin Rudd
"We are so fortunate, as Australians, to have among us the oldest continuing cultures in human history. Cultures that link our nation with deepest antiquity. We have Aboriginal rock art in the Kimberley that is as ancient as the great Palaeolithic cave paintings at Altamira and Lascaux in Europe."
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Kevin Rudd
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62 Quotes by Kevin Rudd
Kevin Rudd has 62 quotes on this site.
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I do not know whether I will be in this place for a short or a long time. That is…
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Compassion is not a dirty word.. it's time we rehabilitated compassion into the national political vocabulary of this great nation…
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Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great sadness that I announce that I will resign as Australia's Minister for Foreign…
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Mr Howard's problem is for so long he's been a climate change sceptic, how can he, therefore, put himself to…
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We want a national emissions trading scheme, the Government does not and has rejected one for years. We want to…
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I just don't really get into all that sort of personal negative stuff. My job is to outline some positive…
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Politics is about power. It is about the power of the state. It is about the power of the state…
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The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia's history by righting the wrongs…
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Education is both a tool of social justice as well as a fundamental driver of economic development.
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A future where all Australians, whatever their origins, are truly equal partners, with equal opportunities and with an equal stake…
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For Australians, climate change is no longer a distant threat. Our rivers are dying, bush fires are more ferocious and…
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John Howard has gone a bridge too far by not going far enough
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More Aboriginal Quotes
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The problem with politicians getting to know the issues in indigenous townships is that we tend to suffer from what…
— Tony Abbott
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I've got tonnes of aboriginal and Native American art, but I'd like even more.
— Tori Amos
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Prayers never bring anything... They may bring solace to the sap, the bigot, the ignorant, the aboriginal, and the lazy…
— W.C. Fields
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The astronomers said, 'Give us matter and a little motion and we will construct the universe. It is not enough…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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In dealing with the State, we ought to remember that its institutions are not aboriginal, though they existed before we…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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It's a very Aboriginal thing to do, to give younger people greater responsibilities within the community as they become able…
— Jackie Huggins
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It's something I've always wanted - to be known as an Australian. When I was younger I was always referred…
— Evonne Goolagong Cawley
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I wasn't aware of the impact that I had made on the lives of Aboriginal people until I did a…
— Lionel Rose
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I'm going to win it for my country. I'm the first Aboriginal to win this. Isn't that something? I wish…
— Lionel Rose
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I want to be a positive role model, especially for kids and Aboriginal people... When people see me, often all…
— Cathy Freeman
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I have been told many times that when I win I make my people proud to be Australian. I am…
— Cathy Freeman
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Unfortunately for many Aboriginal people, of course, they've been in the situation of being herded on government reserves. Their own…
— Lowitja O'Donoghue
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