I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.
CLEMENT ATTLEEWe are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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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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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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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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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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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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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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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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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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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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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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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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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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