The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
CLEMENT ATTLEEA period of silence on your part would be welcome.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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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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I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them.
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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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The individual is sacrificed to the idol of the German Leader, German State or the German race.
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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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An 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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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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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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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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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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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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