You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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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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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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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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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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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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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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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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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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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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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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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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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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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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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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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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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 ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
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