[ Rajiv Gandhi] was very reflective and rueful and regretful about the fact that his children's education...He wanted them to get educated outside of India, but he said to me the only place that he found where they would be safe was in Russia, and he didn't really want them to be educated there! So, I said, "Well, send them to Australia. I'll look after them." And my security bloke went absolutely bloody bananas, and I said, "We'll look after them." But, in the end, he didn't send them.
By 1990, no Australian child will be living in poverty. - Bob Hawke
By 1990, no Australian child will be living in poverty.
- Bob Hawke
My point was that the war was intrinsically wrong, and as a result of our participation we haven't improved Australia's security but created a greate… - Bob Hawke
My point was that the war was intrinsically wrong, and as a result of our participation we haven't improved Australia's security but created a greate…
Do you know why I have credibility? Because I don't exude morality. - Bob Hawke
Do you know why I have credibility? Because I don't exude morality.
We will not allow to become a political issue in this country the question of Asianisation. - Bob Hawke
We will not allow to become a political issue in this country the question of Asianisation.
As far as we're concerned, there was no sporting organisation [that] should have anything to do with the sport in South Africa. - Bob Hawke
As far as we're concerned, there was no sporting organisation [that] should have anything to do with the sport in South Africa.
In sum, the truth is that we luxuriate in the comfortable assertion that women enjoy equality. We have salved our consciences by eliminating the more… - Bob Hawke
In sum, the truth is that we luxuriate in the comfortable assertion that women enjoy equality. We have salved our consciences by eliminating the more…
The things which are most important don’t always scream the loudest. - Bob Hawke
The things which are most important don’t always scream the loudest.
The world will not wait for us. - Bob Hawke
The world will not wait for us.
I find a fence a very uncomfortable place to squat my bottom. - Bob Hawke
I find a fence a very uncomfortable place to squat my bottom.
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