No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
CLEMENT ATTLEEI am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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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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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 House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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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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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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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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A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.
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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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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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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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