Robert Menzies Quotes

A collection of quotes by Robert Menzies.

Robert Menzies was the longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia, holding office for a total of over 18 years. Born on December 20, 1894, in Jeparit, Victoria, he entered politics in the 1930s and became leader of the United Australia Party. Menzies served two terms as Prime Minister, from 1939 to 1941 and then from 1949 to 1966, playing a significant role in shaping Australia's post-war era. He emphasized economic growth, national security, and closer ties with both the United Kingdom and the United States during his tenure. Menzies retired in 1966 and passed away in 1978.

Men of genius are not to be analyzed by commonplace rules. T

Men of genius are not to be analyzed by commonplace rules. The rest of us who have been or are leaders, more commonplace in our quality, will do well to remember two things. One is never to forget posterity when devising a policy. The other is never to think of posterity when making a speech.

History

Experiment is necessary in establishing an academy, but cert

Experiment is necessary in establishing an academy, but certain principles must apply to this business of art as to any other business which affects the artistic tic sense of the community. Great art speaks a language which every intelligent person can understand. The people who call themselves modernists today speak a different language.

Art

A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money-maker a

A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money-maker and never contribute to his country anything more than a horrible example. A manager may be tough and practical, squeezing out, while the going is good, the last ounce of profit and dividend, and may leave behind him an exhausted industry and a legacy of industrial hatred. A tough manager may never look outside his own factory walls or be conscious of his partnership in a wider world. I often wonder what strange cud such men sit chewing when their working days are over, and the accumulating riches of the mind have eluded them.

Management

The long-established and noble rule of Law, one of the great

The long-established and noble rule of Law, one of the greatest products of the character and tradition of British history, has suffered a deadly blow. Blackmail has become respectable.

History

It is a simple but sometimes forgotten truth that the greate

It is a simple but sometimes forgotten truth that the greatest enemy to present joy and high hopes is the cultivation of retrospective bitterness.

Truth