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.
CLEMENT ATTLEEWhen 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.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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The press lives on disaster.
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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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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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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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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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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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In a life and death struggle, we cannot afford to leave our destinies in the hands of failures.
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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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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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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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