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Quotes from Self-quoted in The Whitlam Government 1972–1975 — Gough Whitlam

1916–2014 Australia

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A conservative government survives essentially by dampening expectations and subduing hopes. Conservatism is basically pessimistic, reformism is basically optimistic.

Self-quoted in The Whitlam Government 1972–1975 (1985)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gough Whitlam (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.