If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.
CLEMENT ATTLEEYou will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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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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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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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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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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The ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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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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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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No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
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