I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them.
CLEMENT ATTLEEChristianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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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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The Peace Treaties must be scrapped … I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.
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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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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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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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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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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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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 period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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The press lives on disaster.
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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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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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