Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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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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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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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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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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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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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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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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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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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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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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No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
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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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