Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
CLEMENT ATTLEECan’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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In a life and death struggle, we cannot afford to leave our destinies in the hands of failures.
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A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.
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I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them.
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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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The press lives on disaster.
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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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Why does Mosley always speak as though he were a feudal landlord abusing tenants who are in arrears with their rent ?
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It’s nice to keep in touch – besides, it’s the only place in London where you can park a car.
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The ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
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