Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Henry Parkes

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Australian politician Henry Parkes.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Henry Parkes

Sir Henry Parkes, was a colonial Australian politician and longest non-consecutive Premier of the Colony of New South Wales, the present-day state of New South Wales in the Commonwealth of Australia. He has been referred to as the "Father of Federation" due to his early promotion for the federation of the six colonies of Australia, as an early critic of British convict transportation and as a proponent for the expansion of the Australian continental rail network.

A man must be himself or nothing! — © Henry Parkes
A man must be himself or nothing!
In one hand I have a dream, and in the other I have an obstacle. Tell me, which one grabs your attention?
I have been disappointed in all my expectations of Australia, except as to its wickedness; for it is far more wicked than I have conceived it possible for any place to be, or than it is possible for me to describe to you in England.
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