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.
Modern history is, as you all know, full of examples of great movements that disappeared because they had ceased to have any genuine reason for exist… - Robert Menzies
Modern history is, as you all know, full of examples of great movements that disappeared because they had ceased to have any genuine reason for exist…
- Robert Menzies
One speaks with great respect of economists, if only because they represent such a variety of opinions. - Robert Menzies
One speaks with great respect of economists, if only because they represent such a variety of opinions.
A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money-maker and never contribute to his country anything more than a horrible example. - Robert Menzies
A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money-maker and never contribute to his country anything more than a horrible example.
It is a simple but sometimes forgotten truth that the greatest enemy to present joy and high hopes is the cultivation of retrospective bitterness. - Robert Menzies
It is a simple but sometimes forgotten truth that the greatest enemy to present joy and high hopes is the cultivation of retrospective bitterness.
When people meet my wife they think better of me. They say: "With a wife like that, he can't be as bad as we thought". - Robert Menzies
When people meet my wife they think better of me. They say: "With a wife like that, he can't be as bad as we thought".
I am one of the few men honest enough to say they do not understand women. - Robert Menzies
I am one of the few men honest enough to say they do not understand women.
The kind of people I myself represent in parliament; salary earners, shopkeepers, skilled artisans, professional men and women, farmers and so on, th… - Robert Menzies
The kind of people I myself represent in parliament; salary earners, shopkeepers, skilled artisans, professional men and women, farmers and so on, th…
More good things in life are lost by indifference than ever were lost by active hostility. - Robert Menzies
More good things in life are lost by indifference than ever were lost by active hostility.
Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech. - Robert Menzies
Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.
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