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.
CLEMENT ATTLEEI think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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When we are returned to power we want to put in the statute book an act which will make our people citizens of the world before they are citizens of this country.
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Why does Mosley always speak as though he were a feudal landlord abusing tenants who are in arrears with their rent ?
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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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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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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
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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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The Peace Treaties must be scrapped … I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.
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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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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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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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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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