John Howard citáty a výroky
John Howard: Citáty anglicky
“But we will decide who comes to this country and the circumstances in which they come.”
2001 Federal Election Campaign Launch Speech, 28th October 2001
Kontext: We are as you all know in a new and dangerous part of the world’s history. The tragic events of the 11th of September have changed our lives, they have caused us to take pause and think about the values we hold in common with the American people and free people around the world. That was an attack on Australia as much as it was an attack on the United States. It not only claimed the lives of Australians but it assaulted the very values that we hold dear and that we take for granted. So therefore a military response and wise diplomacy and a steady hand on the helm are needed to guide Australia through those very difficult circumstances. National Security is therefore about a proper response to terrorism. It's also about having a far sighted, strong, well thought out defence policy. It is also about having an uncompromising view about the fundamental right of this country to protect its borders. It's about this nation saying to the world we are a generous open hearted people, taking more refugees on a per capita basis than any nation except Canada, we have a proud record of welcoming people from 140 different nations. But we will decide who comes to this country and the circumstances in which they come.
2006 interview with Time
Letter to Liberal MPs in 2006 http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/pms-letter-to-mps/2006/07/31/1154198052387.html
Quoted in "Howard reasserts right to decide cultural identity," The Age, 20 September 1988.
1996 Sir Robert Menzies Lecture
“The most important civil liberty… is to stay alive and to be free from violence and death…”
Terrorism Summit http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/id-cards-on-table-at-terror-summit/2005/08/05/1123125891748.html?oneclick=true (Friday, 5 August 2005)
On Yasser Arafat
Zdroj: History will judge Arafat harshly: Howard, ABC News Online, 11 November 2004, 9 April 2019 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-11-11/history-will-judge-arafat-harshly-howard/583666,
Television interview on the Nine Network, 11 February 2007.
Australia Day Address, 25 January 2006
Interview with Four Corners, ABC TV, 28 August 2006.
“Truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.”
ABC Radio "AM" (25 August 1995)
2006 interview with Time
Terrorism Summit (Friday, 5 August 2005)
Interview with Four Corners, ABC TV, 19 February 1996.
