C. Hartley Grattan

"[C]ulturally there is a vast amount of hard work to be done before the average Australian has ordinary tolerance and understanding of American life and thought."

"The Australian–American policy must be flung into the ring where the Continental Americans and the Imperial Americans do battle."

"Australia to the world lay hid in night: God said, "Let Grattan be!" and all was light."

"In that time he has done as much as, and probably more than any other person, to explain Australia to his fellow countrymen. In addition he has played an important part in explaining Australia to itself."

"He loved talking: he loved to be a Dr Johnson in the New World."