Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
CLEMENT ATTLEEI 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.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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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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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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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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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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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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The ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
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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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The Peace Treaties must be scrapped … I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.
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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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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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