“We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carr...” — Henry Lawson Quote

We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting our independence, become of sufficient consequence in their eyes to merit a closer study than they have hitherto accorded us.

It is a matter of public shame that while we have now commemorated our hundredth anniversary, not one in every ten children attending Public schools throughout the colonies is acquainted with a single historical fact about Australia.

Oh, my ways are strange ways and new ways and old ways, And deep ways and steep ways and high ways and low, I'm at home and at ease on a track that I know not, And restless and lost on a road that I know.

Why on earth do we want closer connection with England? We have little in common with English people except our language. We are fast becoming an entirely different people.

India helped Bangladesh to achieve independence. The Bangladeshis should remain happy inside the territory of their own country.

Finding that financial independence away from a broken relationship is probably one of the most powerful places a woman can get to.

Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

The glamorous roles have given me name, fame, success and independence but at the same time this image has worked against me as well. I have got stereotyped.