I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.
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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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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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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The press lives on disaster.
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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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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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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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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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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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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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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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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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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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