FED: Quotes of the week

AAP General News (Australia)
04-25-2008
FED: Quotes of the week

SYDNEY, April 24 AAP - Quotes of the week:



"I feel the term Anzac has transcended the physical meaning to become a spirit, an
inspiration which embodies the qualities of courage, discipline, sacrifice, self-reliance
and in Australian terms, mateship and a fair go." - Land Commander of Australia, Major
General Mark Kelly, who delivered this year's dawn service address in Sydney.



"We now know for sure that you are gone and where you are." - The family of gunner
James Edward Peterson, who went down with HMAS Sydney, in a note at the national memorial
ceremony.



"Whilst we in no way condone the human rights abuse and the internal politics of China,
what we are celebrating is the Olympic spirit." Former Olympic marathon runner Rob de
Castella on anti-Chinese protesters at the Olympic torch relay.



"It's a big carnival ... I don't think we could have asked for anything better." retired
Olympic swimmer Matt Welsh after the Canberra leg of the Olympic torch relay.



"I don't want to have to explain to my kids, and perhaps their kids too, that we failed
to act, that we avoided the tough decisions, that we failed to prepare Australia for its
future challenges." Prime Minister Kevin Rudd rejects claims that the 2020 Summit was
nothing but a talkfest.



"I think it'll be a good read, and I think it'll contribute to an understanding of
where we were, where we've come from, where we've got to go." Former Federal Treasurer
Peter Costello announces that he will be writing his memoirs before the end of the year.



"Malcolm Turnbull doesn't even recognise there's an inflation problem. He wouldn't
have a clue what it's like to sit around a kitchen table with that family from Penrith
the other day and try and make the bills add up." Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan hits back
at the opposition's Malcolm Turnbull, who suggested that Swan's comments had helped to
fuel inflation.



"People don't want to employ me. I have no idea why because I have done nothing wrong,"

Roberta Williams says of her life while husband and convicted murderer Carl is in prison.

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