Reluctant Revolutionary

The trouble with Mr Lange, Mr Prebble offered in more than one compliment he delivered, was that he was so damn smart he was probably bored most of his life, which seemed to hit the mark.

– Jane Bowron, reviewing Reluctant Revolutionary in The Dominion Post, 26 October 2004

... they were all incredibly candid. And they were nicer about each other than they would have been even 15 years later. A lot of the old anger had died down and they thought 'let's just tell the truth'.

– Tom Scott on those interviewed for Reluctant Revolutionary

It's hard to imagine anything worse in politics than such an open falling out. It made the government dysfunctional. It meant a constant barrage of unfavourable writing, unfavourable reporting. I just can't think of a worse way to run a government than what happened after 1987.

– Margaret Pope on the end of Lange's time as Prime Minister