I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.
CLEMENT ATTLEEThe ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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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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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 press lives on disaster.
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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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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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The ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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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 is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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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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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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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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