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Twice in this century men have died by the millions, largely because in what might have been the golden age of history men have learned to live with machines and have forgotten how to live with one another.

— Robert Menzies

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What Great Britain calls the Far East is to us the near north.

Policy speech (1939)

I would like to thank all those present—and those who are no longer present.

I am British to the bootstraps!

Speech at a White House luncheon (1964)

One thing about bureaucrats is that they never swallow their young. Leave them alone and you'll find them increasing every year.

At a Liberal Party rally in Melbourne (1946)

"It's not a crown, it's an old felt hat!"

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