The Peace Treaties must be scrapped … I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.
CLEMENT ATTLEEI believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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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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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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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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In a life and death struggle, we cannot afford to leave our destinies in the hands of failures.
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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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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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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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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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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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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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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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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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