I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
CLEMENT ATTLEEThe House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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When we are returned to power we want to put in the statute book an act which will make our people citizens of the world before they are citizens of this country.
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If you begin to consider yourself solely responsible to a political party, you’re half-way to a dictatorship.
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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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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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The real test of one’s belief in the doctrine of Habeas Corpus is not when one demands its application on behalf of one’s friends but of one’s enemies.
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.
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The press lives on disaster.
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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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