The ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
CLEMENT ATTLEEIt is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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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 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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The individual is sacrificed to the idol of the German Leader, German State or the German race.
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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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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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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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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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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 must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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