We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
CLEMENT ATTLEEIn a life and death struggle, we cannot afford to leave our destinies in the hands of failures.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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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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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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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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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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The press lives on disaster.
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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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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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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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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 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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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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