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44 quotes by Kevin Rudd

Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957) is an Australian former politician who was twice Prime Minister of Australia, from 2007 to 2010, and again in 2013. He was the first former prime minister to return to the office since Robert Menzies in 1949. Having previously served as a diplomat, and then as an official for the Queensland Government, Rudd was initially elected to the House of Representatives for Griffith in 1998. He was promoted to...
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The Apology opened the opportunity for a new relationship based on mutual respect and mutual responsibility between Indigenous and non-Indigenous... →

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As nations we should also commit afresh to righting past wrongs. In Australia we began this recently with the first Australians - the oldest... →

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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... →

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Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great sadness that I announce that I will resign as Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs. I am sad because I... →

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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... →

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We apologise for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our... →

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Because the time has come, well and truly come, for all peoples of our great country, for all citizens of our great commonwealth, for all Australians... →

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There are many who criticise the United Nations. And those of us who know this institution well know that it is not immune from criticism. But those... →

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We are so fortunate, as Australians, to have among us the oldest continuing cultures in human history. Cultures that link our nation with deepest... →

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I've been around long enough to not take seriously statements like I am about to be crushed. I'm about how do we seek re-election of the... →

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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... →

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What we have seen in financial markets should bring home to us all that the central organising principle of this 21st century is interdependence. For... →

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I conclude where I began, I was elected by the people of Australia to do a job. I was not elected by the factional leaders of Australia, of the... →

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