| Paul Keating, former Australian Prime Minister, was infamous for his insulting, witty retorts and verbal attacks on the Opposition when he was PM. Some of Paul Keating's quotes:
“Mr Speaker can I have some protection from the clowns on the front bench?”
“You were heard in silence, so some of you SCUMBAGS on the front bench should wait a minute until you hear the responses from me.”
"Where you all come aguster is, over here we think we’re born to rule you. And let me tell you this, it’s been ingrained in me from childhood, I think my mission in life is to run you.”
“…for the dullard on the front bench opposite”
“…votes for coalition members who have always been cheats, cheats, cheats and will always be cheats, cheats, cheats and will always defend cheats, cheats, cheats.”
“I’m not running a seminar for dullards on the other side.”
“Those opposite could not operate a tart shop”
“These intellectual hoboes”
“If the dummies opposite will just shut up”
“These are the absolute gutter tactics of a mindless, useless, idealistic, unprincipled Opposition.”
“…the cowboys on this front bench”
"That you Jim? Paul Keating here. Just because you swallowed a ****ing dictionary when you were about 15 doesn’t give you the right to pour a bucket of **** over the rest of us.”
- To Former Labour politician, Jim McClelland (on the phone)"
"Laurie Oakes is a cane toad.
- On Laurie Oakes"
"Like being flogged with a warm lettuce.
- On John Hewson"
"I was implying that the Honorable Member for Wentworth was like a lizard on a rock - alive, but looking dead.
- On John Hewson"
"I suppose that the Honourable Gentleman’s hair, like his intellect, will recede into the darkness.
- On Andrew Peacock"
"What we have got is a dead carcass, swinging in the breeze, but nobody will cut it down to replace him.
- On John Howard"
"We’re not interested in the views of painted, perfumed gigolos.
- On Andrew Peacock" | 
