Quote

We have seen this complete right wing takeover of modern liberalism, and it is an ugly spectacle to behold.

Kevin Rudd

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Kevin Rudd
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: September 21
Diplomat
Former Prime Minister Of Australia
Politician
Nambour
Queensland
Australia
Kevin Michael Rudd
The Honorable Kevin Rudd
Lu Kewen
Right
Behold
Wing
Liberalism
Complete
Wings
Ugly
Takeover
Modern
Takeovers
Seen
Spectacle

More quotes by Kevin Rudd

Image
Compassion is not a dirty word.. it's time we rehabilitated compassion into the national political vocabulary of this great nation of ours.
Kevin Rudd
Image
By 2050, the Australian population is expected to grow from 22 million to 36 million. That increase alone will put huge pressure on our towns and our cities. We will need more homes, more roads, more rail lines, more hospitals, more schools, just to accommodate so many Australians.
Kevin Rudd
Image
If Australia wants an effective United Nations, we have to be comprehensively, not marginally, engaged.
Kevin Rudd
Image
I'm out there arguing the Labor case. I will do it anywhere and everywhere that I can. I do it within various communities across Australia where I am able to make a positive contribution. And let me tell you, my voice won't be silenced in the public debate because the issue at stake for Australia are so stark.
Kevin Rudd
Image
We have a prime minister, I'm the foreign minister, I'm trying to get on with the job of doing Australia's foreign policy.
Kevin Rudd
Image
I am deeply committed to the cause of Indigenous Australians, and not just because of the Apology, but the big challenges which lie ahead in closing the gap.
Kevin Rudd
Image
Education is both a tool of social justice as well as a fundamental driver of economic development.
Kevin Rudd
Image
My name is Kevin, I'm from Queensland, and I'm here to help.
Kevin Rudd
Image
By way of personal instinct, I have an inherent distaste for grandiose rhetorical statements, which don't have any substantive dimension to them
Kevin Rudd
Image
We are moving toward recognition of the first Australians in the Australian constitution.
Kevin Rudd
Image
The Government's mission is to build a strong and fair Australia capable of meeting the new challenges of the 21st century.
Kevin Rudd
Image
We are so fortunate, as Australians, to have among us the oldest continuing cultures in human history. Cultures that link our nation with deepest antiquity. We have Aboriginal rock art in the Kimberley that is as ancient as the great Palaeolithic cave paintings at Altamira and Lascaux in Europe.
Kevin Rudd
Image
As you know, the Australian Labour Party is committed to turning the country into a republic. We've not stipulated a timeline for doing that. We are sensitive to the other priorities we've got as a nation and in the world, but in time the country will head in that direction.
Kevin Rudd
Image
Having a go at kids with a terminal illness is really beyond the pale, absolutely beyond the pale.
Kevin Rudd
Image
I do not know whether I will be in this place for a short or a long time. That is for others to decide. But what I do know is that I have no intention of being here for the sake of just being here. Together with my colleagues it is my intention to make a difference .
Kevin Rudd
Image
I was elected by the people of Australia as Prime Minister of Australia. I was elected to do a job, I intend to continue doing that job. I intend to continue doing it to the absolute best of my ability. Part of that job has been to steer this country through the worst economic crisis the world has seen in 75 years.
Kevin Rudd
Image
People are happiest when they are giving, they are saddest when they are just taking. And that is the core message of community.
Kevin Rudd
Image
I just don't really get into all that sort of personal negative stuff. My job is to outline some positive plans for the country's future and perhaps Mr. Howard and the Government don't like the fact that I'm putting out some positive alternatives. What's their preference.. for me to be a negative carping opposition leader?
Kevin Rudd
Image
It is unlikely that you'll have anything emerge from MEF (Major Economies Forum) by way of detailed programmatic specificity.
Kevin Rudd
Image
Of course I base all my election promises and policies on opinion polls
Kevin Rudd