“As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.” Quote by Leonardo da Vinci
“I'm a politician. I'm not going to get into a whole range of scientific argument with scientists.” WholePoliticianArgumentScientistRange Author:Tony Abbott
“Most of the people who are coming to Australia by boat have passed through several countries on the way, and if they simply wanted asylum they could have claimed that in any of the countries through which they'd passed.” PeopleIfsWayCountryWantedBoatAustraliaAsylums Author:Tony Abbott
“I am, as you know, hugely unconvinced by the so-called settled science on climate change.” KnowsClimateClimate Change Author:Tony Abbott
“Aboriginal people have much to celebrate in this country's British heritage” PeopleCountryBritishCelebrateHeritageAboriginal Author:Tony Abbott
“The impact of NCDs is not only affecting the urban populations but also rural poor. This is compounding the basic problem of poverty.” ProblemPoorPovertyImpactPopulationUrban Author:Marty Natalegawa
“We find it difficult to comprehend, and we deeply regret the decision as it is discriminatory in the sense that it targeted certain countries without a clear reason.” CountryReasonCertainDifficultDecisionClearRegret Author:Marty Natalegawa
“The remission to Abu Bakar Bashir is not a reflection on the individual per se rather than the application of the remission program, which is applied in general.” IndividualReflectionProgramApplicationRemission Author:Marty Natalegawa
“There's a sense that we've obtained from various quarters in the Security Council that the notion of an international tribunal is not really practical. Certainly Indonesia is not convinced, and we get a sense that the rest of the Security Council will need to be convinced about the recommendations.” NeedsSecurityNotionInternationalVariousConvincedPracticalsQuartersCouncilIndonesiaRecommendationsSecurity CouncilTribunals Author:Marty Natalegawa