I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
CLEMENT ATTLEEThe 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.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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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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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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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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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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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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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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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 individual is sacrificed to the idol of the German Leader, German State or the German race.
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