Robert Menzies Quotes
It is a simple but sometimes forgotten truth that the greatest enemy to present joy and high hopes is the cultivation of retrospective bitterness.
More good things in life are lost by indifference than ever were lost by active hostility.
A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money-maker and never contribute to his country anything more than a horrible example.
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".
Thinking ahead, what really happens to us will depend on how many people we have who are of the great and sober and dynamic middle-class - the strivers, the planners, the ambitious ones.
Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.
"I pay my taxes," says somebody, as if that were an act of virtue instead of one of compulsion.
One thing about bureaucrats is that they never swallow their young. Leave them alone and you'll find them increasing every year.
One speaks with great respect of economists, if only because they represent such a variety of opinions.
My headmaster chastised me with a diabolical instrument a leather strap tacked to a piece of wood but he taught me with such villainous success that I am now Prime Minister.
Never take any notice of Anonymous letters, unless you get a few thousand on the same subject.
A manager may be tough and practical, squeezing out, while the going is good, the last ounce of profit and dividend . . .
