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The 'black Armband' View Of Our History Reflects A Belief That Most Australian History Since 1788 Has Been Little More Than A Disgraceful Story Of Imperialism, Exploitation, Racism, Sexism And Other Forms Of Discrimination. I Take A Very Different View. I Believe That The Balance Sheet Of Our History Is One Of Heroic Achievement And That We Have Achieved Much More As A Nation Of Which We Can Be Proud Of Than Which We Should Be Ashamed.

Nonviolent Action On Behalf Of Justice Is No Automatic Forumla With Promise Of Success: But Neither Is War. After All, At Least Half Of The People Who Go To War For Some Cause Deemed Worthy Of It Are Defeated.

I Don't Think It Is Wrong, Racist, Immoral Or Anything, For A Country To Say 'we Will Decide What The Cultural Identity And The Cultural Destiny Of This Country Will Be And Nobody Else'.

People Who Say They're Too Busy To Have Lunch Have A False Impression Of Their Own Importance.

They Might Be A Good Friend, But They Are Also A Bitter Commercial Rival. Let's Not Kid Ourselves.. The American Wheat Industry Has Done Everything It Possibly Can To Criticize The Australian Wheat Industry In Order To Take The Iraqi Wheat Market From Us.