The press lives on disaster.
CLEMENT ATTLEEThe individual is sacrificed to the idol of the German Leader, German State or the German race.
More Clement Attlee Quotes
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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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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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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
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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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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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If you begin to consider yourself solely responsible to a political party, you’re half-way to a dictatorship.
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I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
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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 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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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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