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.
CLEMENT ATTLEEAn empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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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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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies 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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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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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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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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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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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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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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