The Peace Treaties must be scrapped … I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.
CLEMENT ATTLEEThe 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.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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The ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
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I am pleased to see from the laughter on the Ministerial benches that there is no implication on their part to take Sir Oswald Mosley too seriously. It can easily be seen to-day that this idea of a dictator is gradually falling down.
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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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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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No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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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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