The ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
CLEMENT ATTLEEWinston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them.
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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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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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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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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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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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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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In a life and death struggle, we cannot afford to leave our destinies in the hands of failures.
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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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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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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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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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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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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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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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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 Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.
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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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