John Howard Quotes
The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine.
Howard, John. The Cyclist's Companion. Stephen Greene Press, 1984, p. 12.
It was not very good and the Model A and Model T came after. The name was to distinguish it from the bicycle, then the most popular means of middle class transportation.
John Winston Howard OM AC SSI is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th Prime Minister of Australia (1996–2007) and Leader of the Liberal Party (1985–1989; 1995–2007). His nearly twelve-year tenure as Prime Minister is the second-longest in history, behind only Sir Robert Menzies, who served for eighteen non-consecutive years. He has also been the oldest living former Australian Prime Minister since the death of Bob Hawke in 2019.