Clement Attlee Quotes
Charity is a cold grey loveless thing. If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.
No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
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.
Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
If you begin to consider yourself solely responsible to a political party, you're half-way to a dictatorship.
I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.
A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women's beds in a week. A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour's wife over the garden fence.
We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty. We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
In a life and death struggle, we cannot afford to leave our destinies in the hands of failures.
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.
Why does Mosley always speak as though he were a feudal landlord abusing tenants who are in arrears with their rent ?
Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.
It's nice to keep in touch - besides, it's the only place in London where you can park a car.
The Peace Treaties must be scrapped ... I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.
I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them.
