A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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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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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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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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In a life and death struggle, we cannot afford to leave our destinies in the hands of failures.
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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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The press lives on disaster.
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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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