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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More Clement Attlee Quotes
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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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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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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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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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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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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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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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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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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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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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The press lives on disaster.
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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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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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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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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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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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