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

— 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.

Leadership of the Liberal Party is a great honour, of which I remain profoundly conscious. It is, moreover, the unique gift of the party room.

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