I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.
CLEMENT ATTLEEIn a life and death struggle, we cannot afford to leave our destinies in the hands of failures.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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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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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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If you begin to consider yourself solely responsible to a political party, you’re half-way to a dictatorship.
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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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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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