Henry Parkes/Quotes

Sir Henry Parkes (27 May 1815 - 27 April 1896) was the Premier of New South Wales for the periods of 1872, 1874-1875, 1877, 1880, 1882, 1887, 1889, and 1891. He has come to be known as the Father of Federation for his early support of unification of the Australian colonies.
== Dated Quotes ==
* "I assure you, whether I am to-morrow night your representative or not, my great object throughout my life will be so to impress my name and my character and my influence on this country that I may be remembered when I am dead and in my grave."
** Political nomination speech, Hyde Park, Sydney, 12 March 1856.Aging and Political Leadership - Angus McIntyre - 1988 - SUNY Press - Page 117Sir Henry Parkes: The Australian Colossus - Stephen Dando-Collins - 2013 - Random House Australia - Page 2
* "I think the time has come when these colonies should be united by some federal bond of connection."
** At a banquet in Melbourne, 1867.
* "That we may become in the future more closely connected is my closest wish."
** Dinner in Parkes honour at the White House, Washington, D.C., hosted by President Chester A. Arthur, 1882.Sir Henry Parkes: The Australian Colossus - Stephen Dando-Collins - 2013 - Random House Australia - Page 1
* "I've always favoured women's franchise, and no one can be a democrat until he also does so."
** Public lecture, Adelaide, 1893.
* "Tell your friend that if he comes to Australia he must shut up his ancestors in a cupboard and leave them behind him in England. He must be a working man here, or nothing at all."
** Letter to a British journalist, reported by the London Daily Chronicle, 1896.
== Undated Quotes ==
* "If you ever write anything about me, don't forget the dumb things."
** Said to Gilbert Parker.MAKERS OF CONFEDERATION: SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD AND SIR HENRY PARKES - Gilbert Parker - 21 March 1891 - Black and White - Page 203
== Quotes about Parkes ==
* "I am told that Parkes will not like what I have said of him; but, in reality, what I have said I meant for high praise, for I consider Parkes and Macdonald the two biggest men in the Empire after Mr. G."
** Sir Charles Dilke, in a letter to Lord Carrington.Life of Sir Henry Parkes G.C.M.G. - Charles E. Lyne - 1897 - T. Fisher Unwin - Page 529 
== References ==
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