Clement Attlee Quotes, Thoughts and Image

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.

If you begin to consider yourself solely responsible to a political party, you're half-way to a dictatorship.

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

You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt

A period of silence on your part would be welcome.

Man's material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.

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

In a life and death struggle, we cannot afford to leave our destinies in the hands of failures.

Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.

A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement

I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.

I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.

Why does Mosley always speak as though he were a feudal landlord abusing tenants who are in arrears with their rent ?

An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.

Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.

The press lives on disaster.

It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.

The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days

I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them.

Can't publish. Don't rhyme, don't scan.

I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.

Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.