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• We have a prime minister, I'm the foreign minister, I'm trying to get on with the job of doing Australia's foreign policy.

  Kevin Rudd

  Jobs, Australia, Trying

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I conclude where I began, I was elected by the people of Australia to do a job. I was not elected by the factional leaders of Australia, of the Australian Labor Party to do a job - though they may be seeking to do a job on me, that's a separate matter. The challenge therefore is to honour the mandate given to me by the Australian people.

  Kevin Rudd

  Jobs, Party, Australia

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The alternatives [to the stimulus packages] were to do nothing or, worse, effectively replicate the Premiers' Plan of 1931 when governments cut expenditure, thereby compounding the problems created by a private sector already in retreat. The result, of course, was an economic rout, appalling unemployment and a decade of negligible growth through the 1930s

  Kevin Rudd

  Cutting, Government, Growth

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• 2009 was a tough year, but Australia rose to the challenge of the global financial crisis. It shows what can be done when we all join together and work together, governments of all persuasions state, territory and local; businesses large and small; unions and local communities right across the nation.

  Kevin Rudd

  Years, Australia, Government

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A continuing narrative throughout Australia's history that says it is better to build up than to tear down - this is the continuing mission of Labor.

  Kevin Rudd

  Australia, Tears, Narrative

  Address to the Chifley Research Centre Dinner Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the World's First Majority Labor Government Old Parliament House Canberra, pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au. February 06, 2010.

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• If Australia wants an effective United Nations, we have to be comprehensively, not marginally, engaged.

  Kevin Rudd

  Australia, Want, United Nations

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Kevin Rudd

  Australia, Ministers, Prime

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In your telephone call, you [Malcolm Turnbull]said that neither you nor the Cabinet would be supporting my nomination. When I asked the reasons for this, you said that neither you nor the Cabinet has the view that I had the qualifications for the position [of UN's secretary-general].

  Kevin Rudd

  Views, Would Be, Nominations

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• My task, as a member of this parliament and a 30-year member of the Australian Labor Party, as its former leader, as its former foreign minister and its former prime minister, is to now throw my every effort in securing Julia Gillard's re-election as Labor prime minister at the next election.

  Kevin Rudd

  Party, Years, Effort

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

  Kevin Rudd

  Kids, Illness, Pale

  Kevin Rudd's remarks during the press conference at the Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au. April 6, 2009.

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• Senator Obama's message of hope is not just for America's future, it is also a message of hope for the world as well. A world which is now in many respects fearful for its future.

  Kevin Rudd

  America, World, Messages

  "George Bush tells Barack Obama: 'Congratulations and go enjoy yourself'", www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2008.

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