We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
CLEMENT ATTLEEAn empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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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 Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.
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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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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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The press lives on disaster.
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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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The ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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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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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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In a life and death struggle, we cannot afford to leave our destinies in the hands of failures.
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