No choice we can make as a nation lies between our history and our geography. We can hardly … - Paul Keating

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Paul Keating

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.

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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.

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Politicians come in three varieties: straight men, fixers, and maddies.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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