Quotes by John Howard

I don't think there's any reason on Earth why people should have access to automatic and semiautomatic weapons unless they're in the military or in the police.

I hate guns.

I know that all Australians believe that the people of Iraq are better off without that loathsome dictator, Saddam Hussein.

I'm not a banner. I am an encourager and a persuader and an advocate.

I'm not running away from the fact that I had previously said I did not contemplate a major increase, and that was a fair statement of the Government's state of mind at the time I made that.

If I am wrong and you are right then the democratic process of the Australian community will vindicate you and condemn me.

If the political process in Australia turns against me because of the decision that I have taken, I will accept that decision.

Terrorists oppose nations such as the United States and Australia not because of what we have done but because of who we are and because of the values that we hold in common.

The Japanese element of this is very important because Japan is a strong regional ally and partner of Australia and I think it is very important to the coalition effort in Iraq that Japan continues to be part of that effort, particularly as the contribution Japan is making is of a very constructive humanitarian kind.

The things that unite the Australian and American people are shared values: the belief that the individual is more important than the state, that strong families are a nation's greatest asset, that competitive free enterprise is the ultimate foundation of national wealth, and that the worth of a person is determined by that person's character and hard work, not by their religion or race or colour or creed or social background.

Truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.

We will decide who comes to this country, and the circumstances under which they come.

We won't just automatically click our heels and follow the Americans.

You can't fatten the pig on market day.

Of all the important relationships that Australia has with other countries, none has been more greatly transformed over the last 10 years than our relationship with China.