“When it comes to labour market reform, here's the difference between us and John Howard: John Howard regards labour as just like any other economic commodity. We actually see labour as made up of human beings. These are human beings with an intrinsic dignity. When they go to the workplace, they're not just like a lump of wood or a piece of coal, these are human beings, and they should be treated properly as people with intrinsic rights.”

—  Kevin Rudd

Rudd's new vision for the nation, 5 December 2006, 13 February 2008, ABC Local Radio http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2006/s1804299.htm,
2006

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