Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
CLEMENT ATTLEEAn empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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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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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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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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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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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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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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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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It’s nice to keep in touch – besides, it’s the only place in London where you can park a car.
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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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