If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.
CLEMENT ATTLEECharity is a cold grey loveless thing.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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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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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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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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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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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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In a life and death struggle, we cannot afford to leave our destinies in the hands of failures.
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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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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 period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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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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A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.
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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of 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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