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.
CLEMENT ATTLEEThe ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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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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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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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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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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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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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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The press lives on disaster.
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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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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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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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