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CLEMENT ATTLEEWhy does Mosley always speak as though he were a feudal landlord abusing tenants who are in arrears with their rent ?
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
CLEMENT ATTLEENo social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
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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 Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.
CLEMENT ATTLEEA Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.
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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
CLEMENT ATTLEEThere is a denial of the value of the individual.
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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
CLEMENT ATTLEEI am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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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.
CLEMENT ATTLEEIt’s nice to keep in touch – besides, it’s the only place in London where you can park a car.
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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
CLEMENT ATTLEECharity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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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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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
CLEMENT ATTLEENot Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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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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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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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
CLEMENT ATTLEEWe have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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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.
CLEMENT ATTLEEThe 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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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
CLEMENT ATTLEEWe are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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