Quotes by John Howard

About John Howard:

John Winston Howard is the second longest-serving Australian prime minister, after Sir Robert Menzies. Born in the multicultural Sydney suburb of Earlwood, Howard is the son of a University of Sydney lecturer and a former office worker. Before entering politics he worked as solicitor for twelve years from 1961.
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I have had the view that cutting wages is not the path to prosperity, and one of the great myths propagated about my attitude to industrial relations is that I believe in lower wages. I've never believed in lower wages. Never. Never believed in lower...

John Howard

I grew up in a strong family; we had strong family bonds.

John Howard

In my estimation, there should always be a mixture of economic liberalism - which means small government, a great emphasis on markets - but also a certain degree of social conservatism, not to favor change unless that change is beneficial. So I descr...

John Howard

I'm not running away from the fact that I had previously said I did not contemplate a major increase, and that was a fair statement of the Government's state of mind at the time I made that.

John Howard

On economic policy, my support of smaller government, lower taxes and economic reform is consistent with the mainstream of the Republican Party in the United States and with many Democrats as well.

John Howard

I'm direct, I'm unpretentious and I'm pretty dogged, and I hope I've got a capacity to laugh at myself and not take myself too seriously.

John Howard

I have absolutely no difficulty myself with the playing of God Save the Queen in the presence of Her Majesty.

John Howard

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

John Howard

We want to assert the very principle that truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.

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 the police.

John Howard

We won't just automatically click our heels and follow the Americans.

John Howard

You can't fatten the pig on market day.

John Howard

Terrorists oppose nations such as the United States and Australia not because of what we have done but because of who we are and because of the values that we hold in common.

John Howard

I thank all of those who weren't born in this country for coming here and making a contribution to Australia. We are the least discriminatory country in the world, in my view.

John Howard

I'm all for it. In these days, regional marketing is the only way to survive.

John Howard

It's beyond belief that any Australian could be so stupid as to carry drugs into any country in Asia.

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

Nobody should underestimate how much the world changed on the 11th of September 2001.

John Howard

This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is just beyond belief.

John Howard

We will decide who comes to our country.

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Author Bio

  • NameJohn Howard
  • Description25th Prime Minister of Australia
  • AliasesJohn Winston Howard; The Honourable John Howard
  • BornJuly 26, 1939
  • CountryAustralia
  • ProfessionPolitician
  • AwardsPresidential Medal Of Freedom; Centenary Medal; Order Of Australia