Robert Menzies Quotes

• If I were the Archangel Gabriel, madam, I’m afraid you would not be in my constituency.

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• What Great Britain calls the Far East is to us the near north.

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• The long-established and noble rule of Law, one of the greatest products of the character and tradition of British history, has suffered a deadly blow. Blackmail has become respectable.

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• I am one of the few men honest enough to say they do not understand women.

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• Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.

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• It is a simple but sometimes forgotten truth that the greatest enemy to present joy and high hopes is the cultivation of retrospective bitterness.

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• A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money-maker and never contribute to his country anything more than a horrible example.

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• Considering the company I keep in this place, that is hardly surprising.

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Robert Menzies (8)

Birth:	20th December, 1894
Death:	15th May, 1978
Nationality:	Australian
Profession:	Lawyer, Prime Minister

About

Sir Robert Gordon Menzies was an Australian politician and the 12th Prime Minister of Australia. Serving a collective total of over 18 years, he was Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister.

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Births

• 1956 - Walter Moreira Salles Jr.
• 1933 - Montserrat Caballe
• 1971 - Shannen Doherty
• 1971 - Nicholas Brendon
• 1941 - Toi Derricotte

Deaths

• 1975 - Josephine Baker
• 1850 - Adoniram Judson
• 1748 - William Kent
• 1878 - William M. Tweed
• 1910 - William Graham Sumner