Why does Mosley always speak as though he were a feudal landlord abusing tenants who are in arrears with their rent ?
CLEMENT ATTLEEThe House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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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No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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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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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.
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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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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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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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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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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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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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