There is hardly a section of the community that doesn't in one breath protest undying hostility to Government interference and, in the next breath, p… - Robert Menzies

I am an immense believer in continuity. I am not a believer in looking at the past because it is dead; but looking at the past because it is living; looking at the past because it reminds us that we are in the great procession of life. Any man who walked in the procession of life and who aims at doing anything in life, who is unaware of what went before him, unaware of the great truths that have come down to him, is a foolish man. He is, essentially, a short-sighted man.

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

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