I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.
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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A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.
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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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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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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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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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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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The individual is sacrificed to the idol of the German Leader, German State or the German race.
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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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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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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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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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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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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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