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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Our role here, the battlefield is here to commemorate the fighting and the soldiers who fought and died here.
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We bought it for their space capabilities and the all-wheel-drive feature, especially in New England. The chief was issued that as a take-home vehicle because he is on call 24-7.
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What the show deals with is how difficult it can be. It involves people from every walk of life and they all take an enormous risk.
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I won't indicate at this stage that I'm sympathetic to this or that possible change.
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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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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.
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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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I support the public interest in a matter of that kind being fully investigated. There is a clear public interest in that happening. But like all other citizens, corporate or otherwise, oil companies have certain rights and presumptions of innocence.
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I see it as an ongoing attempt by terrorists to undermine democratic Indonesia.
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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'll cooperate, but I want to make it plain that we're not going to alter our policy in relation to mandatory detention.
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I'm direct, I'm unpretentious and I'm pretty dogged, and I hope I've got a capacity to laugh at myself and not take myself too seriously.
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I'm fairly conservative on social issues, but not extremely conservative and not reactionary.
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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.