A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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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 just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days
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The ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
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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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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 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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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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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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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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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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