A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
CLEMENT ATTLEEDemocracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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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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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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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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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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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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