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> [“Regional interests and loyalties are even stronger among Australians than among Americans - in that in social life they exist almost without challenge. Canberra is a poor thing compared to Washington and there is no great metropolis like New York…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-horne/regional-interests-and-loyalties-are-even-stronger-among-australians/)

[Donald Horne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-horne/)

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> [When national policy becomes hostage to regional interests, the federal government becomes paralysed and would be unable to act in the larger national interest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanjaya-baru/when-national-policy-becomes-hostage-to-regional-interests-the/)

[Sanjaya Baru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanjaya-baru/)

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