No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
CLEMENT ATTLEEThe ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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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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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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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 Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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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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In a life and death struggle, we cannot afford to leave our destinies in the hands of failures.
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