Bassett was a member of parliament and a cousin on my father's side of the family. My father delivered him and it became plain in later days that he must have dropped him.

Notes from Wikiquote

Referring to his former Cabinet colleague Dr Michael Bassett, who was delivered by his Doctor father.

Source: Heinemann Dictionary of New Zealand Quotations (1988)

Source: A Dictionary of New Zealand Political Quotations (2000)

Source: Heinemann Dictionary of New Zealand Quotations (1988)

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