"[Australian Reserve Bank] Governor MacFarlane said recently when Paul Volcker broke the back of American inflation it's regarded as the policy triumph of the Western world. When I broke the back of Australian inflation they say, "Oh, you're the fellow that put the interest rates up." Am I not the same fellow that gave them the 15 years of good growth and high wealth that came from it?"

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Source : "7:30 Report" interview, May 08, 2006.

Paul Keating

#Years Quotes #Growth Quotes #World Quotes

“Passover is my idea of a perfect holiday. Dear God, when you're handing out plagues of darkness, locusts, hail, boils, flies, lice, frogs, and cattle murrain, and turning the Nile to blood, and smiting firstborn, give me a pass, and tell me when it's over.”
“President Obama has lowered taxes more than he has raised them, and they are today lower than they were in President Reagan's time. But you don't hear conservatives crowing about that.”
“I think people have a strong desire to push me and others into some sort of political box that they can wrap their minds around.”
“To Cam surprise, she was smiling up at him steadily, her eyes midnight. His expression turned quizzical. "What's so amusÂing?" Amelia toyed with a button on his coat. "I was just thinking . . . tonight those two old hens will probably go to their beds, cold and alone." An impish grin curved her lips. "Whereas I will be with a wicked, handsome Rom who will keep me warm all night.”
“With body, mind, and spirit functioning perfectly as a coordinated whole, what else could reasonably be expected other than an active, alert, disciplined person?”
“You can lade a man up to th' university, but ye can't make him think.”
“I am always the source of the worst rumors about myself.”
“My life wasn't beautiful and creative before I became politically active. My life was totally changed when I began to struggle.”

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