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Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second-rate people who share its luck.

Donald Horne

Fair-goes are not only for oneself, but for underdogs. Even in international sporting matches Australians have been known to switch from their own side to that of a gallant challenger. Australians love a 'battler', an underdog who is fighting the top dog, although their veneration for him is likely to pass if he comes out from under.

Donald Horne

Donald Horne

Donald Horne

Born: December 26, 1921

Died: September 8, 2005 (aged 83)

Bio: Professor Donald Richmond Horne was an Australian journalist, writer, social critic, and academic who became one of Australia's best known public intellectuals, from the 1960s until his death.

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