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CLEMENT ATTLEEIt is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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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 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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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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A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.
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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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The press lives on disaster.
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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.
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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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The Peace Treaties must be scrapped … I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.
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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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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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