"We took the name 'Liberal' because we were……" — Robert Menzies
"We took the name 'Liberal' because we were determined to be a progressive party, willing to make experiments, in no sense reactionary but believing in the individual, his rights, and his enterprise, and rejecting the socialist panacea."
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Robert Menzies
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19 Quotes by Robert Menzies
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My headmaster chastised me with a diabolical instrument a leather strap tacked to a piece of wood but he taught…
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The great vice of democracy is that for a generation we have been busy getting ourselves on to the list…
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I did but see her passing by and yet I love her till I die.
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Never take any notice of Anonymous letters, unless you get a few thousand on the same subject.
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In all my life I have treated the press with marked contempt and remarkable success.
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I am one of the few men honest enough to say they do not understand women.
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Men of genius are not to be analysed by commonplace rules. The rest of us who have been or are…
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A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful moneymaker and never contribute to his country anything more than a horrible…
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Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.
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Experiment is necessary in establishing an academy, but certain principles must apply to this business of art as to any…
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The kind of people I myself represent in parliament; salary earners, shopkeepers, skilled artisans, professional men and women, farmers and…
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"I pay my taxes," says somebody, as if that were an act of virtue instead of one of compulsion.
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