No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
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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The Peace Treaties must be scrapped … I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.
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The press lives on disaster.
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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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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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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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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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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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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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