It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
CLEMENT ATTLEEYou will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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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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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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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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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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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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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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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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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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