If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.
CLEMENT ATTLEE- I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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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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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.
CLEMENT ATTLEEWhen 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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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
CLEMENT ATTLEEI must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
CLEMENT ATTLEEA Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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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.
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.
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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
CLEMENT ATTLEEA period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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The individual is sacrificed to the idol of the German Leader, German State or the German race.
CLEMENT ATTLEEThe individual is sacrificed to the idol of the German Leader, German State or the German race.
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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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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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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
CLEMENT ATTLEECan’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
CLEMENT ATTLEEWinston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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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.
CLEMENT ATTLEEI 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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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
CLEMENT ATTLEECharity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
CLEMENT ATTLEEA lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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