A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
CLEMENT ATTLEECharity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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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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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A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.
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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 press lives on disaster.
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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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No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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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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In a life and death struggle, we cannot afford to leave our destinies in the hands of failures.
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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