Anthony Albanese Quotes

#1. Short-term thinking is the greatest enemy of good government.

Anthony Albanese

#2. You can guarantee that mining uranium will lead to nuclear waste. You can't guarantee that uranium mining will not lead to nuclear weapons.

Anthony Albanese

#3. It is in the national interest to have the Flying Kangaroo. It's in the interests of our tourism industry. It's in the interests of jobs here in Australia.

Anthony Albanese

#4. Labor believes in sustainability. We believe in acting on climate change, not just talking about it.

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#5. High-speed rail would revolutionise interstate travel and would also be an economic game-changer for dozens of regional communities along its path.

Anthony Albanese

#6. Australian seafarers make an important contribution to national security in a country with thousands of kilometres of uninhabited coastline.

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#7. True conservatives fear anything that is at odds with the status quo, even to the extent of being unable to recognise when the status quo represents injustice. And reactionary conservatives actually want to tear down the gains of the past.

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#8. The three most difficult things in life are: 1. To keep a secret. 2. To forget an injury. 3. To make good use of leisure.

Bruce Lee

#9. Whether politicians are dealing with complex policy problems or trying to communicate with the electorate, it makes sense to establish a clear, long term narrative underpinned by forward-looking policies to deliver on its vision.

Anthony Albanese

#10. He left not knowing where he was going, he got there not knowing where he was, and he came back not knowing where he had been. But history books will point out Columbus as the person who made the Americas available for exploitation. I guess I can make the same kind of ridiculous claim.

Herschell Gordon Lewis

#11. When a woman wants to betray her husband, her actions are almost invariably studied but they are never reasoned.

Honore De Balzac

#12. The sporting fields where Australia's greats began their careers are built and rebuilt with Commonwealth help, as are the halls and community centres where our most of our well-known stars first felt the magic of the stage.

Anthony Albanese

#13. The very best Labor governments in our nation's history distinguished themselves by thinking big and, wherever possible, resisting the temptation to overemphasise short-term political considerations.

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#14. If we are to celebrate the giants in Australian public life, then Robert Garran must be among them. A lawyer and passionate advocate of Federation, Garran was one of several hands that drafted our constitution.

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#15. Despite the enormous role that local government plays in our daily lives, the constitution makes not one mention of it.

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#16. The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement.

James S. Coleman

#17. Australia has an economic interest in ensuring our cities have 21st century urban rail transport to reduce traffic congestion.

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#18. Politicians who lack the vision to lead the community on big issues like public transport often hide their inaction by blaming other levels of government when anyone complains.

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#19. If the husband sits on a chair in the Garden of Eden, his wife is his footstool.

I.L. Peretz

#20. Less cars on the road means productivity and jobs growth, as it allows for the more efficient movement of goods and services and encourages greater urban population density.

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#21. I like fighting Tories ... that's what I do.

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#22. The fact is Qatar, Etihad, Emirates, Singapore, Garuda, all of the three Chinese airlines, Air New Zealand - the fact is that international aviation relies very much upon agreements between nation-states, and it is not an area in which you have free market operations.

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#23. I think that all comics or humorists, or whatever we are, ask questions. That's what we're supposed to do. But I not only ask the questions, I offer solutions.

Roseanne Barr

#24. She was weak and helpless, shaken in mind and nerve. It was to take her at a disadvantage to obtrude love upon her at such a time.

Arthur Conan Doyle

#25. But I tell you what it is; an honest and sensitive man is open; and a business man 'listens and goes on eating' you up.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#26. The passage of time is likely to make high-speed rail more and more desirable, making it critical that politicians of today think ahead to tomorrow.

Anthony Albanese

#27. None of the serious maritime incidents I had to deal with as transport minister off the pristine Queensland or Western Australian coastline involved an Australian flagged and crewed vessel.

Anthony Albanese