A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
CLEMENT ATTLEEIf you begin to consider yourself solely responsible to a political party, you’re half-way to a dictatorship.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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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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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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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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In a life and death struggle, we cannot afford to leave our destinies in the hands of failures.
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The ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
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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 am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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