I have absolutely no difficulty myself with the playing of God Save the Queen in the presence of Her Majesty. John Howard More Quotes by John Howard More Quotes From John Howard We won't just automatically click our heels and follow the Americans. John Howard heels clicks high-heels There is much in American society which I admire, but I have long held the view that the absence of an effective safety net in that country means that too many needy citizens fall by the wayside. That is not the path that Australia will tread. Nor do we want the burdens of nanny state paternalism that now weigh down many economies in Europe. John Howard mean country fall I'm all for it. In these days, regional marketing is the only way to survive. John Howard marketing survival winning I've never believed in lower wages. Never. Never believed in lower wages, I've never believed in lower wages as an economic instrument. John Howard economic economy wages If I were running al-Qaeda in Iraq, I would put a circle around March 2008 and be praying as many times as possible for a victory not only for Obama but also for the Democrats. John Howard iraq circles running If the tradition which claims that war may be justified does not also admit that it could be unjustified, the affirmation is not morally serious. A Christian who prepares the case for a justified war without being equally prepared for hte negative case has not soberly weighted the prima facie presumption that any violence is wrong until the case for an exception has been made. John Howard christian war negative If I am wrong and you are right then the democratic process of the Australian community will vindicate you and condemn me. John Howard australia community process Nobody should claim that the war [in Iraq] is over. But certainly it can be said that the regime is finished. John Howard iraq regimes war How can you render the duties of justice to men when they may destroy you? John Howard justice may men Young people are at risk of being disinherited from their community if that community lacks the courage and confidence to teach its history. John Howard risk community people I think when people talk about civil liberties, they sometimes forget that action taken to protect the citizen against physical violence and physical attack is a blow in favour and not a blow against civil liberties. John Howard taken blow thinking In my estimation, there should always be a mixture of economic liberalism - which means small government, a great emphasis on markets - but also a certain degree of social conservatism, not to favor change unless that change is beneficial. So I describe myself as an economic liberal and a social conservative. John Howard mixtures government mean 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. John Howard government mind running They might be a good friend, but they are also a bitter commercial rival. Let's not kid ourselves.. The American wheat industry has done everything it possibly can to criticize the Australian wheat industry in order to take the Iraqi wheat market from us. John Howard good-friend friendship kids Remarks such as 'great Australian', 'larger than life' are sometimes used where they are not appropriate. But in the case of Kerry Packer both of those descriptions are entirely appropriate. He was a great Australian, he was a larger than life character and in so many ways he left his mark on the Australian community over a very long career in business, particularly in the media and also that other great passion of his, Australian sport John Howard business sports character The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine. John Howard riding-a-bicycle cycling fitness It's beyond belief that any Australian could be so stupid as to carry drugs into any country in Asia. John Howard drug stupid country The 'black armband' view of our history reflects a belief that most Australian history since 1788 has been little more than a disgraceful story of imperialism, exploitation, racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination. I take a very different view. I believe that the balance sheet of our history is one of heroic achievement and that we have achieved much more as a nation of which we can be proud of than which we should be ashamed. John Howard racism views believe Nonviolent action on behalf of justice is no automatic forumla with promise of success: but neither is war. After all, at least half of the people who go to war for some cause deemed worthy of it are defeated. John Howard justice war people The believer's cross is no longer any and every kind of suffering, sickness, or tension, the bearing of which is demanded. The believer's cross must be, like his Lord's, the price of his social nonconformity. It is not, like sickness or catastrophe, an inexplicable, unpredictable suffering; it is the end of the path freely chosen after counting the cost. It is not, like Luther's or Thomas Muntzer's or Zinzendorf's or Kierkegaard's cross, an inward wrestling of the sensitive soul with self and sin; it is the social reality of representing in an unwilling world the Order to come. John Howard self wrestling reality
