We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
CLEMENT ATTLEEA Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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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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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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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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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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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 am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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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 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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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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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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