Ben Chifley famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
All my life I've been aware of the Second World War humming in the background. I was born 10 years after it was finished, and without ever seeing it. It formed my generation and the world we lived in. I played Hurricanes and Spitfires in the playground, and war films still form the basis of all my moral philosophy. All the men I've ever got to my feet for or called sir had been in the war.
This is our high calling, to represent Christ, and act in His behalf, and in His character and spirit, under all circumstances and toward all men.
The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.
Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill, And while the sun and moon endure Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure, I'd face it as a wise man would, And train for ill and not for good.
One man and a dozen fools would govern better than one man alone.
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans.
A dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit.
Peter Shilton conceded five, you don't get many of those to the dozen

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