Why does Mosley always speak as though he were a feudal landlord abusing tenants who are in arrears with their rent ?
CLEMENT ATTLEEI think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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The press lives on disaster.
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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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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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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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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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If you begin to consider yourself solely responsible to a political party, you’re half-way to a dictatorship.
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The ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies 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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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 Peace Treaties must be scrapped … I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.
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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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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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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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