I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
CLEMENT ATTLEECharity is a cold grey loveless thing.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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The press lives on disaster.
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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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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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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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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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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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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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