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"Australia has, in its short history, paid a heavy price in human life in the cause of liberty and national survival. …"

"In the lonelier and perhaps even more disheartening moments which come to any national leader, I hope there will be a…"

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"Anything but a yes vote to this question would do injury to our reputation among fair-minded people everywhere."

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"Look Tony, what are the odds of a prime minister being drowned or taken by a shark?"

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