Dick Spring

I'm not getting frustrated... we all knew from the start that this would be a long process.

It... is the best opportunity we've had in the last 25 years to bring about a settlement in Northern Ireland, and I think we should leave no stone unturned to achieve that.

If I felt we had alienated the Unionists, it would worry me because we've spent a great deal of time trying to open up discussion and dialogue with the Unionist Parties.

Australians and the British are very similar: If you try and stand out in any way, and you try to reach for success, someone is gonna be there to cut you down.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.

The government has once again made the right socially acceptable.