I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.
CLEMENT ATTLEENot Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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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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If you begin to consider yourself solely responsible to a political party, you’re half-way to a dictatorship.
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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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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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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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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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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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A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.
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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
CLEMENT ATTLEE