Quote#Nature
Whatever we have achieved—and our achievements are many and great—has…
Quote byBilly Hughes · 1862–1952
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech during the 1922 federal election campaign (20 October 1922).
English (original)
Whatever we have achieved—and our achievements are many and great—has come because we have believed in Australia, in ourselves, in our race. It is this spirit which enabled us to fight—doggedly, if you like, but determinedly—Nature in her sternest moods, to endure and emerge triumphant from droughts, floods, and other evils that have beset us.
— Billy Hughes
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