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.
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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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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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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The ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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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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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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No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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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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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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