If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.
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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If the money wasted on arms could be used to help the less developed nations, that would probably be a greater blow against the Communist danger than anything else.
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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them.
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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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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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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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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 am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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