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.
CLEMENT ATTLEEWe have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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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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The press lives on disaster.
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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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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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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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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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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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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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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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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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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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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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