Lionel Murphy Quotes

Australia, Politician
August 30, 1922 – October, 21, 1986.

Lionel Keith Murphy QC (30 August 1922 – 21 October 1986) was an Australian politician and judge. He was a Senator for New South Wales from 1962 to 1975, serving as Attorney-General in the Whitlam Government, and then sat on the High Court from 1975 until his death.

Also known as Judge

The Australian people want to help build this country into a great nation. This budget... has not realized the capacity of the Australian people. It has underestimated them. It has let us down.

Lionel Murphy
- People
- Great
- Country
Where there is a will there is a way. And this must be the way not of compulsion but of cooperation... No government and no plan can succeed without it.

Lionel Murphy

We must have as clear a picture as we can of the Australia that we want to achieve at the end of that time.

Lionel Murphy
- Time
- Picture
The Menzies Government, by its participation in the plans for the development of other nations, can see the virtue of planning for them but apparently cannot see the virtue of a plan for Australia.

Lionel Murphy
- Planning
It is a great privilege for any man to become a member of the Senate.

Lionel Murphy
- Great
We are deeply conscious of the fact that our north and west must be developed.

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The people of Australia would be staggered to learn that Australia has no national development plan.

Lionel Murphy
- People
There are no insuperable constitutional difficulties.

Lionel Murphy