Bob Brown Quotes
I've always thought, and it gets tested at times, that I have a great faith in the fundamental goodness of human beings.
Brown, Bob. Optimism: Reflections on a Life of Action. Hardie Grant Books, 2014.
Robert James Brown is a former Australian politician, medical doctor and environmentalist. He was a senator and the parliamentary leader of the Australian Greens. Brown was elected to the Australian Senate on the Tasmanian Greens ticket, joining with sitting Greens Western Australia senator Dee Margetts to form the first group of Australian Greens senators following the 1996 federal election. He was re-elected in 2001 and in 2007. He was the first openly gay member of the Parliament of Australia and the first openly gay leader of an Australian political party.