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.
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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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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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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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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The Peace Treaties must be scrapped … I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.
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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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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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