Quotes by Alexander Downer

“I think in turn the media has become very interested in this specific case, and has gone into an enormous amount of detail.”

“So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how they wish.”

“that there are some people on earth who are so wicked and so evil that nothing can be done but to confront them.”

“We think, at the end of the day, it makes a great deal more sense to have dialogue with North Korea, rather than to freeze them out of regional and international arrangements,”

“Countries in the region must learn from the SARS experience,”

“the most secure Australian passport ever produced.”

“It will help curb identity fraud and possible misuse by people smugglers, terrorists and other transnational criminals.”

“The kangaroos appear to hop up and down when the page is moved backwards and forwards, and my department thinks that that is a very nice touch,”

“If these talks are a success, clearly we hope a U.N. presence can be on the ground in the next few weeks,”

“We have said many times before that ... at the very least, Indonesia is responsible for the security situation in East Timor,”