Robert Menzies Quotes


I do not believe that the real life of this nation is to be found either in great luxury hotels and the petty gossip of so-called fashionable suburbs, or in the officialdom of the organized masses. It is to be found in the homes of people who are nameless and unadvertised, and who, whatever their individual religious conviction or dogma, see in their children their greatest contribution to the immortality of their race.


Context

This was his most famous speech.


Citations

Robert Menzies, 1894–1978, Prime Minister of Australia (Liberal), Speech, “The Forgotten People,” May 22, 1942

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Robert Menzies
Robert Menzies
  • Born: December 20, 1894
  • Died: May 15, 1978
  • Nationality: Australian
  • Profession: Lawyer

Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, KT, AK, CH, QC, FAA, FRS, was an Australian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1939 to 1941 and again from 1949 to 1966. He played a central role in the creation of the Liberal Party of Australia, defining its policies and its broad outreach. He is Australia's longest-serving prime minister, serving over 18 years in total.