The ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
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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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.
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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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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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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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.
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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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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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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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The press lives on disaster.
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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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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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