Paul Keating

"It really surprises me that some people in this party think we owe Westpac something. Or the ANZ Bank. Or the National."

"He’s the greatest L plater of all time."

"You just can't have a position where some pumped up bunyip potentate dismisses an elected government."

"The excesses of the 80s must not reappear in the 90s, The last thing we need now is a return to the 80s philosophy of 'greed is good' and that the only useful interest is self-interest."

"For John Howard to get to any high moral ground he would have to first climb out of the volcanic hole he's dug for himself over the last decade. You know, it's like one of those deep diamond mined hol…"

"The fact is, Burke is smarter than two thirds of the Western Australian Labor Party rolled together"

"Governor MacFarlane said recently when Paul Volcker broke the back of American inflation it's regarded as the policy triumph of the Western world. When I broke the back of Australian inflation they sa…"

"By the year 2000 we should be able to say that we have learned to live securely, in peace and mutual prosperity among our Asian and Pacific neighbours. We will not be cut off from our British and Euro…"