Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
CLEMENT ATTLEEIt’s nice to keep in touch – besides, it’s the only place in London where you can park a car.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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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 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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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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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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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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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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If you begin to consider yourself solely responsible to a political party, you’re half-way to a dictatorship.
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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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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 Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.
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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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