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"We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means; they always act like second-class citizens."
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"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good."
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"There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion."
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"Measures of self-government and a school council, especially for such young children, were a great innovation."
"If an adult uses violence on a child, the child will naturally assume that he too, has the right to use it on one smaller or weaker."
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"The report of this made me exceedingly angry, for I could not see why information which a middle-class woman could get from her doctor should be withheld from a poorer woman who might need it far more."
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