34 Quotes by Robert Menzies

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

Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.

A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money-maker and never contribute to his country anything more than a horrible example.

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.

Considering the company I keep in this place, that is hardly surprising.

I am one of the few men honest enough to say they do not understand women.

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.

There is something about being the subject of the Queen which distinguishes you in a material way from other people

You don't have a democracy. It's a photocracy.