Malcolm Fraser

“We could try and establish a world in which the great and the powerful adhere to that international law which they require ordinary mortals to adhere to. In other words, there is one international law, and even America and even Russia and China and Japan must adhere to it, and Australia must adhere to it.”

“People die because they find living too painful.”

“What we do not know, we often fear. What we do not understand, we fear. And what we fear becomes a threat.”

“Socialism is not a way of life. It is an unworkable formula which would apply to robots but not to men and women.”

“I wasn't a party apparatchik. I think too many of today's people in both parties come forward, university, 'What party will I join? Oh, yes, I know somebody here. I might get a job working for this member or for that shadow minister or minister.'”

“Politicians today are not highly regarded... there seem to be people young and old and in the middle saying that they have never heard such wretched debates.”