Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
CLEMENT ATTLEE
CLEMENT ATTLEE
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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Clement AttleeClement Attlee We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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Clement AttleeClement Attlee You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
Clement AttleeClement Attlee Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
Clement AttleeClement Attlee A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
Clement AttleeClement Attlee There is a denial of the value of the individual.
Clement AttleeClement Attlee I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
Clement AttleeClement Attlee The press lives on disaster.
Clement AttleeClement Attlee I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.
Clement AttleeClement Attlee A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.
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Clement AttleeClement Attlee A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson They all walk by on the grey path. Different stories on the move. Their eyes reveal it all, who’s lights diminished? Who has something left to prove?
Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson As I comb my hair I find a grey one stands out among all blacks. I’m too like that grey hair, lonely among familiar faces.
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