Paul Keating
Paul Keating
Paul John Keatingis an Australian politician who was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia and the Leader of the Labor Party from 1991 to 1996. Born in a working-class Sydney suburb and having left school at 15, Keating was first elected to the House of Representatives at 25, winning the seat of Blaxland in 1969...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 January 1944
CountryAustralia
thinking two imagination
I think leadership's always been about two main things: imagination and courage.
political life-is modern
The great curse of modern political life is incrementalism.
country ambition migration
A familiar question for Australians is how much we are a product of our circumstances, and how much we are what we have made ourselves to be. In truth, by the act of migration the country was made: by that voluntary act and by the emigrants' ambitions it was built.
party two together
The fact is Burke is smarter than two thirds of the Western Australian Labor Party rolled together
australia would-be unthinkable
Australia without the Irish would be unthinkable . . . unimaginable . . . unspeakable.
university-degrees class greed
If there was a university degree for greed, you cunts would all get first-class honours.
jobs hypocrisy community
We will not adopt the fantastic hypocrisy of modern conservatism which preaches the values of families and communities, while conducting a direct assault on them through reduced wages and conditions and job security.
running littles pay
While frenetic activity, in the end suiting journos; running at the behest of little press secretaries does not pay off