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Paul John Keating (born 18 January 1944) is a former Australian politician who served as the 24th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1991 to 1996 as leader of the Labor Party. He had earlier served as Treasurer in the Hawke Government from 1983 to 1991.

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I've always held the view that great states need strategic space. I mean, George Washington took his space from George III. Britain took it from just about everybody. Russia took all of Eastern Europe. Germany's taken it from everywhere they can, and China will want its space too.

Taken, Mean, Space, Britain, Iii, Everybody

The Labor Party is not going to profit from having these proven unsuccessful people around who are frightened of their own shadow and won't get out of bed in the morning unless they've had a focus group report to tell them which side of bed to get out.

Bed, Frightened, Morning, Party, People, Proven

You just can't have a position where some pumped up bunyip potentate dismisses an elected government.

Government, Position, Bunyip, Dismisses, Pumped

The great changes in civilisation and society have been wrought by deeply held beliefs and passion rather than by a process of rational deduction.

Belief, Beliefs, Changes, Civilisation, Passion, Process

The fact is Burke is smarter than two thirds of the Western Australian Labor Party rolled together.

Australian, Burke, Party, Together, Two

No choice we can make as a nation lies between our history and our geography. We can hardly change either of them. They are immutable. The only choice we can make as a nation is the choice about our future.

Lying, Choices, Geography, Choice, Make, History

He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up

Running, Witty, Clever, Looking, Simply, Shiver

Leadership is not about being nice. it's about being right and being strong

Being Nice, Nice, Right, Strong

The great curse of modern political life is incrementalism.

Curse, Life, Life Is, Modern, Political

I think the Australian people are very conscientious. During the 1980s and 1990s we proved they will respond conscientiously to necessary reforms. They mightn't like them but they'll accept them. But reforms have to be presented in a digestible format.

Thinking, People, Reform, Like, Necessary

If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility.

Business, Enough, Hard, Humility, Pride, Thing

In the end, the key ingredient for public life is imagination. You imagine something better, you try to bring the people with you.

Bring, Ingredient, Keys, Leadership, Life, People

In the end it's the big picture which changes nations and whatever our opponents may say, Australia's changed inexorably for good, for the better.

Australia, May, Opponents, Big, Nations

Australia without the Irish would be unthinkable. . . unimaginable. . . unspeakable.

Australia, Unimaginable, Unspeakable, Unthinkable, Would Be

The lesson of the Federation should be that the lesson is over. Australia must have a new idea of itself. We have to strike out in a new direction, in a new way, armed with our own self-regard, our own confidence and fully appreciating our own uniqueness. All other roads will lead us into the shadow of great powers.

Australia, Idea, Ideas, Self, Strike

Think of one structural change in 11 years he made, other than being just doling out money in the annual Budget? And don't say the GST because Howard did that and it wasn't a structural change anyway, just a change in the tax system. This is a low flying person.

Flying, Lows, Persons, Anyway, Change, Person

I think the rise of China is one of the great events of all economic and human history, and I think this will be overwhelmingly a positive thing for the region and the world.

Thinking, Events, World, Overwhelmingly, Positive, Rise

John Howard turned the prime ministership into something like a state police minister. He's at the scene of every crime, twice a day on radio, the guy did no thinking.

Guy, Police, State, Thinking

You know, in the WikiLeaks cables, the Chinese discovered that Kevin Rudd was urging the Americans to keep the military option open against them. This is hardly a friendly gesture.

Cables, Chinese, Discovered, Friendly, Military, Urging

The G7, just a European centric show, an Atlantic show, is fundamentally finished.

Shows, Finished, Atlantic, Show, Centric

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