I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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 just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
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Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.
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Man’s material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
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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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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.
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The individual is sacrificed to the idol of the German Leader, German State or the German race.
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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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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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In a life and death struggle, we cannot afford to leave our destinies in the hands of failures.
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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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Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.
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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 lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
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You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt
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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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