John Howard Quotes

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• The most important civil liberty... is to stay alive and to be free from violence and death.

  John Howard

  Important, Liberty, Alive

  National Summit on Terrorism, August 05, 2005.

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• I'd like to be seen as an average Australian bloke. I can't think of... I can't think of a nobler description of anybody than to be called an average Australian bloke.

  John Howard

  Thinking, Average, Australia Day

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• It's too much to expect in an academic setting that we should all agree, but it is not too much to expect discipline and unvarying civility.

  John Howard

  Reality, Fog, Discipline

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

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• Truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.

  John Howard

  Political, Truth Is, Absolute Truth

  ABC Radio "AM" program, August 25, 1995.

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• I don't think it is wrong, racist, immoral or anything, for a country to say 'we will decide what the cultural identity and the cultural destiny of this country will be and nobody else'.

  John Howard

  Country, Destiny, Thinking

  "Howard reasserts right to decide cultural identity". The Age, September 20, 1988.

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• You are not prime minister of Australia because of some kind of process of divine selection. You are prime minister of Australia through the gift of the Australian people.

  John Howard

  Leadership, Australia, People

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• People who say they're too busy to have lunch have a false impression of their own importance.

  John Howard

  Lunch, People, Busy

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• I don't think there's any reason on Earth why people should have access to automatic and semiautomatic weapons unless they're in the military or in the police.

  John Howard

  Military, Thinking, Should Have

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

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• You can't fatten the pig on market day.

  John Howard

  Money, Pigs

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

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• The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine.

  John Howard

  Fitness, Cycling, Riding A Bicycle

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• A conservative is someone who does not think he is morally superior to his grandfather.

  John Howard

  Thinking, Grandfather, Doe

  "The Howard Era". Book by Keith Windschuttle and Ray Evans, 2009.

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• I thank all of those who weren't born in this country for coming here and making a contribution to Australia. We are the least discriminatory country in the world, in my view.

  John Howard

  Country, Views, Australia

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

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• The 'black armband' view of our history reflects a belief that most Australian history since 1788 has been little more than a disgraceful story of imperialism, exploitation, racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination. I take a very different view. I believe that the balance sheet of our history is one of heroic achievement and that we have achieved much more as a nation of which we can be proud of than which we should be ashamed.

  John Howard

  Believe, Views, Racism

  Sir Robert Menzies Lecture, 1996.

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• There is a very special place in the Australian psyche for sport. It is one of the pillars of the Australian way of life. You don't really understand what makes the Australian nation tick unless you understand the great affection Australians have for sport.

  John Howard

  Sports, Special, Pillars

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• In my estimation, there should always be a mixture of economic liberalism - which means small government, a great emphasis on markets - but also a certain degree of social conservatism, not to favor change unless that change is beneficial. So I describe myself as an economic liberal and a social conservative.

  John Howard

  Mean, Government, Mixtures

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• Young people are at risk of being disinherited from their community if that community lacks the courage and confidence to teach its history.

  John Howard

  People, Community, Risk

  Australia Day Address, January 25, 2006.

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• Sport is an important part of the Australian psyche. Anybody who thinks that sport is not part of the fabric of Australian life misunderstands this country quite dramatically.

  John Howard

  Sports, Country, Thinking

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• When the term Christian or even Protestant is used, it seldom refers to any particularly evangelical doctrine or way of life. More often it refers to a religion accepted by the large majority, which assures them that God is not so much a Lord who demands obedience as a handyman who is available whenever we need help.

  John Howard

  Christian, Majority, Doctrine

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• We won't just automatically click our heels and follow the Americans.

  John Howard

  High Heels, Clicks, Heels

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I accept that climate change is a challenge, I accept the broad theory about global warming. I am sceptical about a lot of the more gloomy predictions.

  John Howard

  Challenges, Climate, Global Warming

  Interview on "Four Corners", ABC TV, August 28, 2006.

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• 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.

  John Howard

  Religious, Ideas, Racism

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

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• She was my accountant, so I just believed her.

  John Howard

  Just Believe, Accountants

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• I accept that in a free society you have to justify reductions in people's liberties. I accept that, bearing in mind my starting point is that the most important human right is the right to life.

  John Howard

  People, Mind, Important

  National Summit on Terrorism, August 05, 2005.

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• For so long as we condone injustice by a small but powerful group, we condone the destruction of all social stability, all real peace, all trust in man's good intentions toward his fellow man.

  John Howard

  Powerful, Real, Men

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• If I am wrong and you are right then the democratic process of the Australian community will vindicate you and condemn me.

  John Howard

  Australia, Community, Process

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