Isaac Isaacs

thumb|Isaac Isaacs in 1936 Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs, GCB, GCMG, PC, KC (6 August 1855 – 11 February 1948) was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge who served as the ninth Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1931 to 1936. He had previously served on the High Court of Australia from 1906 to 1931, including as Chief Justice from 1930. Quotes Jules Renald has said, "It is not how old you are but how you are old." The way I was old today on my eightieth birthday is that I have just entered the infancy of middle age. Quoted in Bill Wannan, Great Aussie Quotes (Viking O'Neil, 1987) [1982], p. 10 There is no age more dangerous than old age. On the occasion of his ninetieth birthday. Quoted in his obituary in The Argus (12 February 1948), p. 2 External links Palestine: Peace and Prosperity or War and Destruction? Political Zionism: Undemocratic, Unjust, Dangerous (Melbourne: Ramsey Ware Publishing, 1946) Category:1855 births Category:1948 deaths Category:Lawyers from Australia Category:Governors-General of Australia Category:Politicians from Australia Category:Jews from Australia Category:Judges Category:People from Melbourne