Kevin Rudd

A continuing narrative throughout Australia's history that says it is better to build up than to tear down - this is the continuing mission of Labor. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

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Australia is a nation of compassion. Courage and compassion. And the third of these great values: resilience. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

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Australians are a passionate lot. We are also a very practical lot. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

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Building a new Health and Hospitals Network is fundamental to building a stronger and fairer Australia. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

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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

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If Australia wants an effective United Nations, we have to be comprehensively, not marginally, engaged. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

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It is a high honour to be elected Prime Minister of Australia. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

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My fundamental interests are to preserve the good name and standing of this Australian Labor Party and to act in the national interest on behalf of the Australian Government. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

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On Australia Day 2010, as we enter this second decade of the 21st century, Australians can be optimistic about our future, but we cannot afford to mistake optimism for complacency. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

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Something my mum taught me years and years and years ago, is life's just too short to carry around a great bucket-load of anger and resentment and bitterness and hatreds and all that sort of stuff. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#anger #around #bitterness #carry #great