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Clement Attlee Quotes: Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
         

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.


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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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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty. We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.



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Winston Churchill - fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.



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I refuse to make a decision that somebody else can make. The first rule of leadership is to save yourself for the big decision. Don't allow your mind to become cluttered.

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