“I do not think that the government of Israel is a government of peace. I think that this government is a government of settlements.”— Ehud Barak
“The prospect is that this whole region will be settled by a population of a higher order than has usually been found in a new country.”— Amos Adams Lawrence
“I gave the name of Australia Felix to these regions; and I am sure that a land more favourable for colonisation could not be found.”— Sir Thomas Mitchell