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John Hewson [1946-0] Australian
Rank: 110
Politician, Former Member of the Australian Parliament


John Robert Hewson AM is an Australian economist, company director and a former politician. Known for his 650-page Fightback! policy package, he was federal leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and Leader of the Opposition from 1990 to 1994. 


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The only person you resent is yourself.
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It's not just the war itself. It's what you do after the war and what structure you put in place and how you make that structure work.
102
I've been arguing this for months. This is not our war. This is not a war we should be in. Australia's better spending its time negotiating with North Korea.
103
We've lost sight of our role in the region and our view of our colleagues in the region.
104
To make us a terrorist target in a region that is full of terrorism is dumb and unforgiveable.
105
I was not a politician.
106
I had this habit of an academic of answering the question. I should have fobbed it off.
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I think the Prime Minister has embarked on a journey and he has no idea where he's taking us.
108
Tony Blair will probably get thrown out by his party.
109
To send our troops, our ships, our planes to this war is ridiculous.
110
The reality is, it will be a significant conflict going for many, many months, if not longer. Saddam Hussein is not a fool. He hasn't been sitting there waiting to get shot for 13 years.
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Silence is best.
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I'm not tied to any particular political line.
113
I was just absolutely exhausted. The media said I've been treated for a nervous breakdown. All that stuff I just took as people taking the opportunity when you're down to give you a kick.
114
I never wanted to separate from either wife. It was accumulated stress. We had virtually no time to ourselves. After politics we were both working very hard to establish new careers.
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I got a bit enamoured with bigger houses and things like that.
116
Hussein has a strategy. I'm sure he'll implement that strategy, and it would be to our detriment. We're embarking on an exercise about which we know nothing.
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