Gough Whitlam Quotes

I have more influence now than when I had the power.
A conservative government survives essentially by dampening expectations and subduing hopes. Conservatism is basically pessimistic; reformism is basically optimistic.
An education system where student selection is based on credit capacity and not merit capacity and where graduating students are no longer indebted to the nation, but increasingly indebted to the Australian Taxation Office - that's no way to improve the quality of education.
Dying will happen sometime. As you know, I plan for the ages, not just for this life.
I'm the only P.M. of which that can be said - 'His legislation was never declared invalid in the High Court.'
Men and women of western Sydney, it's appropriate, you apparently believe, that Australia's oldest surviving Prime Minister should make the concluding remarks in Australia's oldest surviving Government House. I hope the building's foundations are a bit more substantial than mine.
The Caucus I joined in 1953 had as many Boer War veterans as men who had seen active service in World War II, three from each. The Ministry appointed on 5 December 1972 was composed entirely of ex-servicemen: Lance Barnard and me.
The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race.

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Gough Whitlam
Profession
Statesman
BirthDate
11 July, 1916
DeathDate
21 October, 2014
Country
Australia
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