I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them.
CLEMENT ATTLEEWe have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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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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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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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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The Peace Treaties must be scrapped … I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.
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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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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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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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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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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 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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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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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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The press lives on disaster.
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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 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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If you begin to consider yourself solely responsible to a political party, you’re half-way to a dictatorship.
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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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The individual is sacrificed to the idol of the German Leader, German State or the German race.
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