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.
CLEMENT ATTLEEWe are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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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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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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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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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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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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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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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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I 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.
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Winston Churchill – fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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The ordinary citizen is allowed to hear and think only as the rulers decree.
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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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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.
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