Anthony Albanese famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Despite the enormous role that local government plays in our daily lives, the constitution makes not one mention of it.
-- Anthony Albanese

#Government #Play #Roles
The passage of time is likely to make high-speed rail more and more desirable, making it critical that politicians of today think ahead to tomorrow.
-- Anthony Albanese

#Thinking #Today #Tomorrow
Less cars on the road means productivity and jobs growth, as it allows for the more efficient movement of goods and services and encourages greater urban population density.
-- Anthony Albanese

#Jobs #Mean #Car
Politicians who lack the vision to lead the community on big issues like public transport often hide their inaction by blaming other levels of government when anyone complains.
-- Anthony Albanese

#Government #Issues #Community
I like fighting Tories... that's what I do.
-- Anthony Albanese

#Fighting
You can guarantee that mining uranium will lead to nuclear waste. You can't guarantee that uranium mining will not lead to nuclear weapons.
-- Anthony Albanese

#Waste #Nuclear #Guarantees
It is in the national interest to have the Flying Kangaroo. It's in the interests of our tourism industry. It's in the interests of jobs here in Australia.
-- Anthony Albanese

#Jobs #Australia #Flying
High-speed rail would revolutionise interstate travel and would also be an economic game-changer for dozens of regional communities along its path.
-- Anthony Albanese

#Games #Community #Dozen
The sporting fields where Australia's greats began their careers are built and rebuilt with Commonwealth help, as are the halls and community centres where our most of our well-known stars first felt the magic of the stage.
-- Anthony Albanese

#Stars #Careers #Australia

[The U.S. government] was tired of treaties. They were tired of sacred hills. They were tired of ghost dances. And they were tired of all the inconveniences of the Sioux. So they brought out their cannons. 'You want to be an Indian now?' they said, finger on the trigger.
It was, however, resolved that 'we use our private influence at present to prevent our brethren from going into court and promising to obey the law; and as soon as possible we take steps to get some flavors from the government for those who already have more wives than one.'
A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved â€” I do not expect the house to fall â€” but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other.
Extremely large greens breed slovenly play. When any green ceases to command respect, it loses its value as a test of that rarest of all strokes, the shot home.
I don't know why we play better on the road. I really don't. Chalk it up to coincidence, I guess. I don't think we care where we play, which is a good thing. But you'd like to see our home record be a little better than it is.
My downtime tends to resemble my uptime. Weekends are workdays, but toned down. Over the whole weekend, I may have five meetings, as opposed to six on a weekday. I used to play piano for 30 minutes at night, but I had to pull that out of my schedule. I don't have time for nonwork stuff.
I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's your homeland or when you're traveling. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I've done. It's just a normal part of life.
I get to do interesting roles and make a living.
Civil disobedience has an honourable history, and when the urgency and moral clarity cross a certain threshold, then I think that civil disobedience is quite understandable, and it has a role to play.
I am convinced that your Mayor must take the leadership role in education too.

Anthony Albanese famous quotes

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