You are not prime minister of Australia because of some kind of process of divine selection. You are prime minister of Australia through the gift of …

- John Howard

If I am wrong and you are right then the democratic process of the Australian community will vindicate you and condemn me.

- John Howard

I don't think there's any reason on Earth why people should have access to automatic and semiautomatic weapons unless they're in the military or in t…

- John Howard

I'd like to be seen as an average Australian bloke. I can't think of... I can't think of a nobler description of anybody than to be called an average…

- John Howard

People who say they're too busy to have lunch have a false impression of their own importance.

- John Howard

I don't think it is wrong, racist, immoral or anything, for a country to say 'we will decide what the cultural identity and the cultural destiny of t…

- John Howard

It's too much to expect in an academic setting that we should all agree, but it is not too much to expect discipline and unvarying civility.

- John Howard

The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine.

- John Howard

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

- John Howard