John Hewson Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by John Hewson:

Silence is best.
~John Hewson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-hewson-quotes/#bfe6dc49

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.
~John Hewson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-hewson-quotes/#2455a145

I got a bit enamoured with bigger houses and things like that.
~John Hewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-hewson-quotes/#efd78b65

The only person you resent is yourself.
~John Hewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-hewson-quotes/#ac17b6b9

I had this habit of an academic of answering the question. I should have fobbed it off.
~John Hewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-hewson-quotes/#4b8f44b1

I was not a politician.
~John Hewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-hewson-quotes/#ea55019f

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.
~John Hewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-hewson-quotes/#410ed249

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.
~John Hewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-hewson-quotes/#8a982c2e

I'm not tied to any particular political line.
~John Hewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-hewson-quotes/#07720836

To send our troops, our ships, our planes to this war is ridiculous.
~John Hewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-hewson-quotes/#3a0e635e

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.
~John Hewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-hewson-quotes/#7111ff1c

We've lost sight of our role in the region and our view of our colleagues in the region.
~John Hewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-hewson-quotes/#e07d7786

Tony Blair will probably get thrown out by his party.
~John Hewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-hewson-quotes/#453a6bfc

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.
~John Hewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-hewson-quotes/#a7d6eb20

To make us a terrorist target in a region that is full of terrorism is dumb and unforgiveable.
~John Hewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-hewson-quotes/#f56a57b0

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.
~John Hewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-hewson-quotes/#3021e0e3

I think the Prime Minister has embarked on a journey and he has no idea where he's taking us.
~John Hewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-hewson-quotes/#7a6997be

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