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A lot of clever people have got everything except judgment.
--Clement Attlee
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.
--Clement Attlee
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.
--Clement Attlee
Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
--Clement Attlee
I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.
--Clement Attlee
I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.
--Clement Attlee
I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
--Clement Attlee
If you begin to consider yourself solely responsible to a political party, you're half-way to a dictatorship.
--Clement Attlee
Man's material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.
--Clement Attlee
No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
--Clement Attlee
The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days.
--Clement Attlee
The press lives on disaster.
--Clement Attlee
You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt.
--Clement Attlee
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