No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
CLEMENT ATTLEEWe have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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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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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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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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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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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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The press lives on disaster.
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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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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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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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