"...the cowards of the National Party, the hillbillies of the National Party."
"...their existense is putrid. It is absolutely putrid."
"...the cowards of the National Party, the hillbillies of the National Party."
"...that vile constituency, the National Party, did nothing else but get its hands on the public purse."
"...Fucking animals."
"Laurie Oakes [is] a cane toad."
"Anyone who is impressed with himself because he has made Page One is sort of a shingle short."
"You (Richard Carleton) had an important place in Australian society on the ABC and you gave it up to
be a pop star...with a big cheque...and now you're on to this sort of stuff. That shows what a 24 carat pissant you are, Richard, that's for sure.
In conversation with a journalist:
Reporter: You don't talk to ordinary people!
Keating: "Who says I don't? Who says I don't? I mean I see as many people as perhaps anyone in public life could..."
Reporter: How long is it since you've been to Fyshwick Markets?
Keating: "Not long, not long. In fact if you get down to woollies at Manuka on Saturday I'd probably run over you with a trolley as I did a journo recently."
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