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 re…

- Alexander Downer

My father had the same name as me but he was known as Alec. He was a member of the House of Representatives.

- Alexander Downer

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 g…

- Alexander Downer

The protection of human rights to promote the dignity of the individual is too important a matter for symbolic gestures alone. It is only through the…

- Alexander Downer

Well goodness knows, goodness knows what historians will write.

- Alexander Downer

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 som…

- Alexander Downer

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,…

- Alexander Downer

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.

- Alexander Downer

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.

- Alexander Downer