Practical Government Quotes by Gough Whitlam

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Gough Whitlam has 23 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• I have more influence now than when I had the power.
• She was a remarkable person and the love of my life. We were married for almost 70 years. She encouraged and sustained…
• She was a remarkable person and the love of my life.
• Ladies and gentlemen, well may we say 'God Save the Queen', because nothing will save the Governor-General. The proclamation you have just…
• Maintain your rage and enthusiasm for the campaign for the election now to be held and until polling day.
• Vincent Lingiari, I solemnly hand to you these deeds as proof, in Australian law, that these lands belong to the Gurindji people…
• I was profoundly embarrassed by it (the White Australia Policy) and did all I could to change it.
• He is lofty, and I am eminent.
• Hostility towards China distorted Australia's international affairs for 20 years until 1972, but reconciliation with China 30 years ago had produced a…
• Poverty is a national waste as well as individual waste. We are all diminished when any of us are denied proper education.…
• Conscription is an impediment to achieving the forces Australia needs. It is an alibi for failing to give proper conditions to regular…
• My great objective as a parliamentarian was to dramatise the deficiencies and devise practical government programs to deal with them. It was…

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