I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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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The individual is sacrificed to the idol of the German Leader, German State or the German race.
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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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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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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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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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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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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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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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The Peace Treaties must be scrapped … I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.
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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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