Edgar George Holt

Edgar George Holt (27 December 1904 – 11 October 1988), was an Australian journalist who wrote for many newspapers. In 1950, he joined the Liberal Party's federal secretariat in a public relations role.

Quotes

• Political liberty is not easily come by in the twentieth century and, indeed, is under challenge. It may quickly be lost if men do not understand and insist that political liberty means individual liberty, that freedom means freedom for man as well as men, and that human dignity means the dignity of self.
  • "Libertarianism and the Free Man", Australian Liberal (September 1960), supplement, p. 3. Quoted by Bridget Griffen-Foley, "A 'Civilised Amateur': Edgar Holt and His Life in Letters and Politics", Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 49, no. 1 (2003), p. 41

• Climax is sometimes followed by grotesque anti-climax.
  • Politics is People: The Men of the Menzies Era (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1969), Epilogue, p. 133, on the death of Harold Holt