Gough Whitlam Quotes About Ranting And Raving

• 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 this piece of the earth itself as a sign that we restore them to you and your children forever.

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  Gough Whitlam's Gurindji Land Ceremony speech, August 16, 1975.

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• When Sir Winton Turnbull [who represented a large rural seat], a slow and sometimes stumbling speaker, was raving and ranting on the adjournment and shouted: "I am a Country member." I interjected "I remember." Sir Winton could not understand why, for the first time in all the years he had been speaking in the House, there was instant and loud applause from both sides.

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  Gough Whitlam's speech during a debate at the Sydney Town Hall, May 24, 2000.

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

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  London Daily Telegraph, October 19, 1989.

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