In a life and death struggle, we cannot afford to leave our destinies in the hands of failures.
CLEMENT ATTLEEThere is a denial of the value of the individual.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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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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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 must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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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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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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The press lives on disaster.
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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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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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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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The ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
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