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" A conservative government survives essentially by dampening expectations and subduing hopes. Conservatism is basically pessimistic; reformism is basically optimistic. "
Government
Expectations
Conservative
" 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. "
Student
Credit
Education
" Dying will happen sometime. As you know, I plan for the ages, not just for this life. "
Life
Know
Will
" I have more influence now than when I had the power. "
Than
Now
More
" I'm the only P.M. of which that can be said - 'His legislation was never declared invalid in the High Court.' "
Court
High
Which
" 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. "
Men
Believe
Women
" 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. "
Men
Service
Veterans
" The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race. "
Know
Good
Horse
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