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I accept that in a free society you have to justify reductions in people's liberties. I accept that, bearing in mind my starting point is that the most important human right is the right to life...

— John Howard

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

But we will decide who comes to this country and the circumstances in which they come.

In the end, young people are at risk of being disinherited from their community if that community lacks the courage and confidence to teach its history.

A conservative is someone who does not think he is morally superior to his grandfather.

The most important civil liberty... is to stay alive and to be free from violence and death...

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