An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
CLEMENT ATTLEEDemocracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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The ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
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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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No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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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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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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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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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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