Would only get in the way
“We have deliberately chosen not to be too specific about policies.” -- Gilbert Myles and Hamish MacIntyre, the MPs who recently quit the NZ National Party, launching their new Liberal Party.
Ireland?
“No number of tanks or bullets or armies can overcome the spirit of a people determined to resist.” -- Margaret Thatcher, in the September 3 Bulletin.
Leaner and meaner
“Elderly people with cancer are being under-treated because of community attitudes that they only have a few years to live, a cancer expert says ... up to 14,000 cancer patients are not receiving radiotherapy because of a lack of services.” -- Sunday Telegraph, September 15.
Closet socialist?
“Times are certainly tough these days at Kingaroy, home of Queensland-style private enterprise and the battling Bjelke-Petersens ... the impoverished Bjelke-Petersens were reduced earlier this year to applying for the state government's new pensioner's concession card.” -- Sun Herald, September 15.
Struggling on
“Being the richest man in Australia is a heavy burden, but it's not one I'm about to lay down.” -- Kerry Packer.
Some outflow
“I do recall there was some outflow from the deposit book around that stage.” -- Former Rothwells bank director John Hilton on being confronted with evidence that around $32 million migrated from the bank to interests associated with its chairperson, Laurie Connell, in two months around the time of the 1987 stock market crash.
