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.
CLEMENT ATTLEEIt is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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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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I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.
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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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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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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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In a life and death struggle, we cannot afford to leave our destinies in the hands of failures.
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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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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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