A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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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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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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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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It’s nice to keep in touch – besides, it’s the only place in London where you can park a car.
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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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I am pleased to see from the laughter on the Ministerial benches that there is no implication on their part to take Sir Oswald Mosley too seriously. It can easily be seen to-day that this idea of a dictator is gradually falling down.
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The press lives on disaster.
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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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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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