Kevin Rudd citáty

Kevin Michael Rudd je austrálsky politik, 26. predseda vlády Austrálie a bývalý líder stredo-ľavej Austrálskej Labouristickej Strany. Pod Ruddovým vedením Labouristická strana zvíťazila v austrálskych federálnych voľbách v novembri 2007 a Rudd nahradil 3. decembra 2007 v kresle premiéra Johna Howarda, dovtedajšieho predsedu stredo-pravej Liberálnej strany. Wikipedia  

✵ 21. september 1957
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Kevin Rudd: Citáty v angličtine

“Everyone's entitled to their point of view but that's seriously a weird one.”

Attacks on Abbott cheap and nasty, says Pell, 15 February 2006, 27 March 2019, The Age https://web.archive.org/web/20081015074924/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,18152356-2702,00.html,
Response to Liberal MP Danna Vale's comment that Australia's rising abortion rate indicated that it might become a Muslim nation in 50 years.
2006

“Labor has a universal position of opposition to the death penalty both at home and abroad… It is not possible in our view to be selective in the application of this policy.”

ALP in 'me-too' policy mess over death penalty, 10 October 2007, 13 February 2008, The Age http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/rudds-metoo-policy-mess/2007/10/09/1191695909938.html,
Statement made in 2002.
2002

“My name is Kevin, I'm from Queensland, and I'm here to help.”

"World briefing: Too clever by half: Australia's quarrel with its new PM" Simon Tisdall. The Guardian. London (UK): 9 April 2008. pg. 17
Address to the Labor Party conference, 2007
2007

“[But] we should not be kowtowing to anybody when it comes to freedom in this country.”

Mainstream media takes a cautious line over blasphemous cartoons, 7 February 2006, 13 February 2008, Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/media-takes-cautious-line-over-cartoons/2006/02/06/1139074171391.html,
Response to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, and whether publishing the cartoons would be appropriate in Australian media outlets.
2006

“We have seen this complete right wing takeover of modern liberalism, and it is an ugly spectacle to behold.”

Rudd's first speech as Labor leader
Speaking of John Howard's Liberal government.
2006

“Compassion is not a dirty word. Compassion is not a sign of weakness. In my view, compassion in politics and in public policy is in fact a hallmark of great strength. It is a hallmark of a society which has about it a decency which speaks for itself.”

Rudd's first speech as Labor leader, 5 December 2006, 13 February 2008, The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20876,20876230-601,00.html,
2006

“This goes to demonstrate the fact that John Howard established this inquiry in order to bring about his own absolution, not to bring about any form of accountability.”

Labor says outcome of inquiry is stacked, 13 April 2006, 13 February 2008, The Advertiser http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,18810284-911,00.html,
Response to John Howard's interview with the Cole Inquiry.
2006

“… no diplomatic intervention will ever be made by any government that I lead in support of any individual terrorist's life. We have only indicated in the past, and will maintain a policy in the future, of intervening diplomatically in support of Australian nationals who face capital sentences abroad.”

ALP in 'me-too' policy mess over death penalty
Response to a backlash following statements made by Robert McClelland, days before the fifth anniversary of the 2002 Bali bombings, who said that Labor would campaign internationally to stop executions of terrorists.
2002

“It is unlikely that you'll have anything emerge from MEF (Major Economies Forum) by way of detailed programmatic specificity.”

Rudd bamboozles Germans with 'programmatic specificity', 9 July 2009, 15 November 2013, Perth Now http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/rudd-bamboozles-germans-with-programmatic-specificity/story-e6frg12c-1225747867748,
Addressing the German press and Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, 2009
2009

“If he has any self-respect he would resign over this matter, the negligence is so gross.”

Cole has no power to find against ministers: Rudd, 10 April 2006, 13 February 2008, Lateline, ABC TV http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2006/s1613142.htm,
Regarding then deputy prime minister Mark Vaile's evidence at the Cole Inquiry, following the Australian Wheat Board's 'oil for food' scandal.
2006

“There's nothing like having a bit of somebody else in you.”

Kevin Rudd repeatedly breaks down during farewell speech, 24 June 2010, 24 June 2010, :w:The Age http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/kevin-rudd-repeatedly-breaks-down-during-farewell-speech/story-e6frf7jo-1225883704143,
When speaking about organ transplants in his final address as Prime Minister on 24 June 2010.
2010

“John Howard's credibility on the entire Iraq war has been torpedoed by John Howard's own intelligence agency.”

Howard under fire over Iraq, 17 July 2003, 13 February 2008, CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/07/17/sprj.irq.australia.wmd/index.html,
Criticism of Australia's involvement in the 2003 Iraq War, and that of the Office of National Assessments.
2003