The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
CLEMENT ATTLEEThe press lives on disaster.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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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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The real test of one’s belief in the doctrine of Habeas Corpus is not when one demands its application on behalf of one’s friends but of one’s enemies.
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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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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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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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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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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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No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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The press lives on disaster.
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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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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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The individual is sacrificed to the idol of the German Leader, German State or the German race.
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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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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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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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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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The ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
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