Alexander Downer quotes

So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how they wish. (Alexander Downer)
Well goodness knows, goodness knows what historians will write. View quote
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I think any good government will target on the finishing date, that is, the polling day and make sure that their strategy is strong and in place to get them successfully re-elected. View quote
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I'm not terribly focused on whether I even could ever become the Leader of the Liberal Party or the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in the future. View quote
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I hate to spoil my own prospects, but I really don't respect the kiss-and-tell approach to public life at all, not at all. View quote
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Well people often ask me how I felt growing up with a father who was a politician and who was often away. But when I'm asked that question I often reflect on my inability really to be able to answer it in any relative sense because I never grew up with a father doing anything else. So I just have no idea what it would be like otherwise. View quote
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My father had the same name as me but he was known as Alec. He was a member of the House of Representatives. View quote
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Yes, I don't think I shall ever become Prime Minister. Hard as that is to swallow, I tell you one person who is very happy always to see me say that, and that's my wife. View quote
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If people are concerned about my house and where I live again it's much more of a reflection on them than it is on me. View quote
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I think prime ministers, I actually think Cabinet ministers should be subject to intense scrutiny, I think that's in the public interest, even if some of the allegations made aren't right and so on, and they have to correct the record, it doesn't matter. View quote
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Yeah, well I'm not aspiring to be the Prime Minister. (Alexander Downer)

Alexander Downer

Alexander Downer - Image
Photo: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, CC BY 4.0
Occupation: Australian Politician
Born: September 9, 1951
Quotes count: 11

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