John Howard
John Howard
John Winston Howard, OM, AC, was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. Only Sir Robert Menzies has served in the position longer...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth26 July 1939
CountryAustralia
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We will by not later than June ... have from our officials an assessment of individual areas of change and reform needed in mental health.
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We will decide who comes to this country, and the circumstances under which they come.
We will decide who comes to our country.
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We understand that we have differences but we also respect the fact that if you focus on the things that we have in common you can build a relationship.
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We tried to make a game that was really fun, that really entertained us for the years we were working on it.
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I grew up in a strong family; we had strong family bonds.
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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.
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I have enjoyed the experience at the museum, and I particularly celebrate the incredible dedication of the museum staff. There are some terrific programs already under way, with more to come.
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Businesses need almost exclusively year-to-year planning cycles. It would be impossible for anybody to take true advantage of any lower-cost power program if it didn't exist for the entire year.
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She was very distressed. She was very angry, she was very upset, and all of that is totally understandable.
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I think I'm seen as trustworthy. I'm seen as having determination and persistence, and I'm seen as having a capacity to reach achievable answers to difficult issues.
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I think we have been silent for too long about the impact of some of these things. You cannot keep bombarding people with violent messages and anti-social messages without them having some impact.
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We live in unusual circumstances. In other circumstances I would never have sought these additional powers. But we do live in very dangerous and different and threatening circumstances.
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Terrorists oppose nations such as the United States and Australia not because of what we have done but because of who we are and because of the values that we hold in common.