If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.
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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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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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 a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.
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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 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 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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The press lives on disaster.
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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A period of silence on your part would be welcome.
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Charity is a cold grey loveless thing.
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A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.
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No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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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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