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 ATTLEEIf a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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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.
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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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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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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.
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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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The press lives on disaster.
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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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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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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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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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