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If I begin my book with a review of the coup, it is only to show that my abiding interests for Australia did not end with it. They shall end only with a long and fortunate life.

— Gough Whitlam Abiding Interests (1997)

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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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Abiding Interests (1997)

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We would do absolutely nothing. Now that's a blunt, truthful answer.

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