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    It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty.

    Francis Bacon 1561-1626

    The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

    Edmund Burke 1729-1797

    When a just cause reaches its flood-tide…whatever stands in its way must fall before its overwhelming force.

    Carrie Chapman Catt 1859-1947

    No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

    Winston Churchill 1874-1965

    The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.

    W.E.B. Du Bois 1868-1963

    All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.

    Edmund Burke 1729-1797

    I have fought against white domination. I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a free and democratic society in which all persons will live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to see realised. But, my Lord, if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.

    Nelson Mandela 1918-2013

    Democracy is a process, not a static condition. It is becoming, rather than being. It can be easily lost, but is never finally won.

    William H. Hastie 1904-1976

    Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House

    18 King George Terrace, Parkes, ACT 2600, Australia

    PO Box 3934
    Manuka ACT 2603

    9am to 5pm daily 
    Closed Christmas Day

    ABN: 30 620 774 963

    Telephone: 02 6270 8222

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    Please note: video surveillance is used 24 hours a day around and throughout the building and may be used for research purposes

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