A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.
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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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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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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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
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I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own 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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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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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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It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.
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An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
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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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Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
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