Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
CLEMENT ATTLEEI am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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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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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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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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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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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 ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
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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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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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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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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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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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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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