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.
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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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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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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If the money wasted on arms could be used to help the less developed nations, that would probably be a greater blow against the Communist danger than anything else.
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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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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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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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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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No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
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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 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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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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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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