I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.
CLEMENT ATTLEEChristianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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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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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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The press lives on disaster.
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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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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 must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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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 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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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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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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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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