Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
CLEMENT ATTLEEFifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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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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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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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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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 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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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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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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