Top 32 Julia Gillard Quotes
#1. He will always know as we know now that in the heat of battle he did not fail when mateship and duty called.
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#2. Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers.
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#3. The caricature of my own face always makes me laugh.
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#4. There is a reason the world always looks to America.
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#5. I know people are looking at what's happening in Washington and then they also look at events in Europe, in Greece and Portugal and other places and worry about that.
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#6. I want you to know what I have told Australia's Parliament in Canberra - what I told General Petraeus in Kabul - what I told President Obama in the Oval Office this week. Australia will stand firm with our ally the United States.
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#7. We are constantly being told that we've never been wealthier. And many of us are. On average we all are. But that's just the problem.. no one is average.
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#8. Through hard work and education, we can deliver a strong economy and opportunity for all.
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#9. All my life I've believed that men and women have equal capacities and talents ... consequently there should be equality in life's chances.
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#10. Try harder every day to be better than the day before.
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#11. My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared. We can create wealth together. The global economy is not a zero-sum game.
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#12. At the end of the day government is about teamwork and partnership and we will be proving that by working together.
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#13. The cartoon absolutely captures something that acres and acres of copy can't. And even photographs can't.
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#14. The Prime Minister seems now to be basing his re-election campaign on this plot line. He is saying to the Australian people, look out, the baddies behind you - hiss, boo and whatever you do, don't vote Labor. This political parody of pantomime is looking and sounding desperate.
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#15. I know reform is never easy. But I know reform is right.
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#16. Our future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity ... and these in turn rely on the education of our people.
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#17. So in many ways for me, having lived through what I've lived through, and endured what I've endured, I've got more confidence that I can do the next bit - and there's something sustaining about that.
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#18. We encourage China to engage as a good global citizen and we are clear-eyed about where differences do lie.
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#19. If we change the way the electricity sector operates, we can bring down our levels of carbon pollution, and continue the crucial task of tackling climate change. Putting a price on carbon would do this.
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#20. Afghanistan must never again be a safe haven for terrorism.
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#22. In my view, the ideal prime minister is patient, hard-working, compassionate and has a clear vision, driven by the fair go.
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#23. I don't rule out the possibility of legislating a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, a market-based mechanism,
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#24. One of my prized possessions is still the prefect's tie that I got in this school. I keep it with me. It was the first leadership position I ever had.
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#25. We see community organizations as major service providers and economic drivers rather than as recipients or distributors of charity, and coordinators of volunteers. Today they constitute what's referred to as 'the social economy'.
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#26. America has always understood this principle of the economy - that everyone can benefit when everyone competes.
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#27. Here in Australia we do get impacted by global economic events. But we should have some confidence that our economy has got strong underlying fundamentals.
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#28. Our nation is well equipped to make the transition. We have an abundance of natural resources like wind, natural gas, solar and geothermal.
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#29. I was not going to stand before the nation as prime minister and cry for myself. I was not going to let anyone conclude that a woman could not take it. I was not going to give any bastard the satisfaction. I was going to be resilient one more time.
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#30. The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability.
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#31. In the quest for comparative advantage, investment will flow towards those countries that can offer more output for fewer emissions. Inaction will cost jobs. Action will support jobs.
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#32. Australians can trust me to get the job done. They can have the confidence that in the heart of the circumstances I will win through in their interests no matter how relentlessly negative the leader of the opposition is.
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