The ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
CLEMENT ATTLEEA period of silence on your part would be welcome.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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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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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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The press lives on disaster.
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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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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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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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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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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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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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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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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.
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