Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
CLEMENT ATTLEECharity is a cold grey loveless thing.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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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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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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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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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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The Peace Treaties must be scrapped … I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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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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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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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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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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