We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
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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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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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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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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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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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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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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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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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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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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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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