David Lange: Year

David Lange was New Zealand politician and 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand. Explore interesting quotes on year.

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“After a very long year we've got a very short knight.”

On the knighthood of the rather short Sir Robert Muldoon in January 1984. Lange repeated the quote on U.S. television as an explanation of Sir Robert's dislike for him.
Source: Heinemann Dictionary of New Zealand Quotations (1988), p. 397.

“On a trip to Germany, Lange and his entourage were climbing the tower of an ancient castle when they stopped to catch their breath. "How old is this ruin?" someone asked a guide. "Forty-two years," said Lange.”

David Lange

Anecdotes
Source: A New Zealand Dictionary of Political Quotations, p. 94.

“I went in a round of the Domain on Saturday morning in a rally car. At the start of it, I was asked if I felt scared. I said, 'certainly not, I have been working with Roger for years'.”

David Lange

Source: Gliding on the Lino: The Wit of David Lange, compiled by David Barber, 1987.