If we want to make our contribution to the pacification of the world, it is our duty to present to the world the spectacle of a rich country with a g… - Robert Menzies

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If we want to make our contribution to the pacification of the world, it is our duty to present to the world the spectacle of a rich country with a great people, with an adequate population — with a population which may justly say to the rest of the world: 'We are here; we propose to maintain our integrity as a nation; and our warrant for that is that we are using the resources which God has given into our hands.'

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About Robert Menzies

Sir Robert Gordon Menzies KT, AK, CH, PC, QC, FAA, FRS (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978) was an Australian politician, founder of the Australian Liberal Party, and Australia's 12th and longest serving Prime Minister. Menzies' tenure as Prime Minister saw Australia's involvement in the Second World War, Korean and Vietnam Wars, as well as opening trade relations with Japan in 1953 and defining Australia's place in the Cold War era.

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Birth Name: Robert Gordon Menzies
Alternative Names: Sir Robert Menzies The Right Honourable Sir Robert Menzies Sir Robert Gordon Menzies

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