A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
CLEMENT ATTLEEThe ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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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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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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No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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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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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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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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