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Top 15 Gough Whitlam Quotes (2025 Update)

Gough Whitlam Quote: “Australia’s treatment of her Aboriginal people will be the thing on which the world will judge Australia and Australians – Not just now, but in the greater perspective of history.”

1. “Australia’s treatment of her Aboriginal people will be the thing on which the world will judge Australia and Australians – Not just now, but in the greater perspective of history.”

— Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam Quote: “The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race.”

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

— Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam Quote: “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.”

3. “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.”

— Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam Quote: “Maintain your rage and enthusiasm for the campaign for the election now to be held and until polling day.”

4. “Maintain your rage and enthusiasm for the campaign for the election now to be held and until polling day.”

— Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam Quote: “I’ve never said I’m immortal. I do believe in correct language. I’m eternal; I’m not immortal.”

5. “I’ve never said I’m immortal. I do believe in correct language. I’m eternal; I’m not immortal.”

— Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam Quote: “Poverty is a national waste as well as individual waste. We are all diminished when any of us are denied proper education. The nation is the poorer – a poorer economy, a poorer civilization, because of this human and national waste.”

6. “Poverty is a national waste as well as individual waste. We are all diminished when any of us are denied proper education. The nation is the poorer – a poorer economy, a poorer civilization, because of this human and national waste.”

— Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam Quote: “A conservative government survives essentially by dampening expectations and subduing hopes. Conservatism is basically pessimistic, reformism is basically optimistic.”

7. “A conservative government survives essentially by dampening expectations and subduing hopes. Conservatism is basically pessimistic, reformism is basically optimistic.”

— Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam Quote: “My great objective as a parliamentarian was to dramatise the deficiencies and devise practical government programs to deal with them. It was a cause that went to the heart of our way of life.”

8. “My great objective as a parliamentarian was to dramatise the deficiencies and devise practical government programs to deal with them. It was a cause that went to the heart of our way of life.”

— Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam Quote: “Conscription is an impediment to achieving the forces Australia needs. It is an alibi for failing to give proper conditions to regular soldiers. We will abolish conscription forthwith. By abolishing it, Australia will achieve a better army, a better-paid army – and a better, united society.”

9. “Conscription is an impediment to achieving the forces Australia needs. It is an alibi for failing to give proper conditions to regular soldiers. We will abolish conscription forthwith. By abolishing it, Australia will achieve a better army, a better-paid army – and a better, united society.”

— Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam Quote: “Hostility towards China distorted Australia’s international affairs for 20 years until 1972, but reconciliation with China 30 years ago had produced a quarter century of constructive bipartisan relations with our region and the world, unmatched in Australian history.”

10. “Hostility towards China distorted Australia’s international affairs for 20 years until 1972, but reconciliation with China 30 years ago had produced a quarter century of constructive bipartisan relations with our region and the world, unmatched in Australian history.”

— Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam Quote: “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.”

11. “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.”

— Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam Quote: “It is the first time the burglar has been appointed as caretaker.”

12. “It is the first time the burglar has been appointed as caretaker.”

— Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam Quote: “I have more influence now than when I had the power.”

13. “I have more influence now than when I had the power.”

— Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam Quote: “He is lofty, and I am eminent.”

14. “He is lofty, and I am eminent.”

— Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam Quote: “She was a remarkable person and the love of my life.”

15. “She was a remarkable person and the love of my life.”

— Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam Quote: “She was a remarkable person and the love of my life. We were married for almost 70 years. She encouraged and sustained me and our four children, their families and many other people in a life full of engagement with Australians from all walks of life.”

16. “She was a remarkable person and the love of my life. We were married for almost 70 years. She encouraged and sustained me and our four children, their families and many other people in a life full of engagement with Australians from all walks of life.”

— Gough Whitlam

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