Bob Brown

I'm suggesting that the prohibition on people who survive on money coming from government, that includes pensioners and public servants, standing for Parliament - it's absurd.

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I've always thought, and it gets tested at times, that I have a great faith in the fundamental goodness of human beings.

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I am aware that one should always make room for renewal in politics. A democracy is the healthier for the turnover of the depth of talent there is in its community.

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Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.

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There are better alternatives... Australia should be exporting its solar technology, not its uranium.

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Exxon, Coca-Cola, BHP Billiton and News Corporation have much more say in organising the global agenda than the planet's 5 billion mature-age voters without a ballot box.

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I'm worried about the traditional media, but I think the new media is a plus for democracy.

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I think I could have been quite difficult to fathom as a youngster, this kid who didn't talk about himself very much.

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Quotes by Bob Brown