I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
CLEMENT ATTLEEWe are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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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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There is a denial of the value of the individual.
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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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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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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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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 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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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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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 press lives on disaster.
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