The Peace Treaties must be scrapped … I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.
CLEMENT ATTLEEWe have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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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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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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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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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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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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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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If the money wasted on arms could be used to help the less developed nations, that would probably be a greater blow against the Communist danger than anything else.
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The press lives on disaster.
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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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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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