Gough Whitlam

"The Country Party never forgave him for saying that their members sat on the fence with both ears to the ground."

"When Sir Winton Turnbull , a slow and sometimes stumbling speaker, was raving and ranting on the adjournment and shouted: "I am a Count–ry member". I interjected "I remember". Sir Winton could not und…"

"The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race."

"Well may we say "God save the Queen", because nothing will save the Governor-General! The Proclamation which you have just heard read by the Governor-General's Official Secretary was countersigned "Ma…"

"If I begin my book with a review of the coup, it is only to show that my abiding interests for Australia did not end with it. They shall end only with a long and fortunate life."

"We would do absolutely nothing. Now that's a blunt, truthful answer."

"Vincent Lingiari, I solemnly hand to you these deeds as proof, in Australian law, that these lands belong to the Gurindji people and I put into your hands part of the earth itself as a sign that this …"

"Gough Whitlam's 'Kerr's Cur' speech was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia Registry in 2007"