John Howard Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“We want to assert the very principle that truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.”

“We will decide who comes to our country.”

“Australia will always be closer to the U.S. than she is to China because our values and political traditions are much closer.”

“I hate guns.”

“This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is just beyond belief.”

“I have had the view that cutting wages is not the path to prosperity, and one of the great myths propagated about my attitude to industrial relations is that I believe in lower wages. I've never believed in lower wages. Never. Never believed in lower wages, I've never believed in lower wages as an economic instrument.”

“I'm not running away from the fact that I had previously said I did not contemplate a major increase, and that was a fair statement of the Government's state of mind at the time I made that.”

“There will, in my view, come a time when there has to be some kind of political denouement inside China, because the newly enriched generation might put up with being told what to do by their rulers - but their children, who will take prosperity for granted, will not.”