Robert Menzies Quotes
Remember two things. One is never to forget posterity when devising a policy. The other is never to think of posterity when making a speech.
Robert Menzies, 1894–1978, Prime Minister of Australia (Liberal), The Measure of The Years, 1970
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He was referring to water rights where short term agreements might have disastrous consequences for future generations. Under the WWI Peace Treaty the high court of Egypt was an International Court. President Wilson nominated Crabites to this court and he served there for 3 decades during which he became a world class expert in Middle Eastern affairs. The failure to have a long-term perspective was a Middle Eastern problem then and did not improve in the next century.
Cleaning up after the 1992 Rio de Janiero Earth Summit:
In the 1920 campaign Warren G. Harding was heavily programmed by his handlers. He was delivering a new speech when he ran into a difficult passage. He apologized to the audience:
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, KT, AK, CH, QC, FAA, FRS, was an Australian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1939 to 1941 and again from 1949 to 1966. He played a central role in the creation of the Liberal Party of Australia, defining its policies and its broad outreach. He is Australia's longest-serving prime minister, serving over 18 years in total.
