Australian Prime Minister Quotes Select
the correct Prime Minister for each of the quotes (some Prime Ministers are
represented more than once)
We have a great objective—the light on the hill—which we aim to reach by working for the betterment of mankind
Ben Chifley
Robert Menzies
Andrew Fisher
John McEwan
Life wasn't meant to be easy
Malcolm Fraser
Stanley Bruce
John Gorton
James Scullin
I say to the Leader of the Opposition I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man
Julia Gillard
John Watson
Kevin Rudd
Malcolm Turnbul
Australians are unique due to our corals, our apples, our gum trees and our kangaroos
Harold Holt
John McEwan
Francis Forde
John McMahon
By 1990 no Australian child will live in poverty
Bob Hawke
Malcolm Fraser
Paul Keating
Arthur Fadden
It's no good crying over spilt milk; all we can do is bail up another cow
Ben Chifley
George Reid
Robert Menzies
Stanley Bruce
The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly
Paul Keating
Tony Abbott
Gough Whitlam
Earle Page
Well may we say God save the Queen, because nothing will save the Governor-General
Gough Whitlam
Robert Menzies
Robert Hawke
Kevin Rudd
All the way with LBJ
Harold Holt
John Gorton
John Howard
John McEwan
It is the duty of the State to educate, and the right of the people to demand education
Edmund Barton
Alfred Deakin
John Watson
George Reid
No one can be a suppository of all wisdom
Tony Abbott
Kevin Rudd
Julia Gillard
Malcolm Turnbull
We will back Britain 'to every last man and every last shilling
Andrew Fisher
Joseph Cook
James Scullin
Joseph Lyons
The reason why women do not rule in Parliament is because they rule in the home.
William Hughes
Stanley Bruce
Joseph Lyons
Earle Page
.I did but see her passing by and yet I love her till I die
Robert Menzies
John McMahon
Ben Chifley
John Gorton
Do you know why I have credibility? Because I don't exude morality
Bob Hawke
Paul Keating
John Howard
Kevin Rudd
A return to the leadership would be like Lazarus with a triple bypass
John Howard
Julia Gillard
Kevin Rudd
Tony Abbott
Maintain your rage and enthusiasm
Gough Whitlam
Ben Chifley
John Curtin
Paul Keating
The pursuit of knowledge is far more important than even knowledge itself. It involves discipline and training, which, in turn are moulders of character
John Curtain
Andrew Fisher
Robert Menzies
John McMahon
A soufflé doesn't rise twice
Paul Keating
James Scullin
Gough Whitlam
Harold Holt
It was unlikely any progress would emerge by way of detailed programmatic specificity