“The Peace Treaties must be scrapped ... I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.”
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Famous Clement Attlee Quotes
“You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt”
“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.”
“A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement”
Source: Twilight of Empire: Memoirs of Prime Minister Clement Attlee
“Winston Churchill - fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.”
“It's nice to keep in touch - besides, it's the only place in London where you can park a car.”
“It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.”
Source: Twilight of Empire: Memoirs of Prime Minister Clement Attlee
“Man's material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.”
“I am a diffident man. I find it hard to carry on a conversation.”
“Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.”
“Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.”
“In a life and death struggle, we cannot afford to leave our destinies in the hands of failures.”
“The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days”
Source: War comes to Britain: speeches of the Rt. Hon. C. R. Atlee, M.P.
“I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.”
Source: Twilight of Empire: Memoirs of Prime Minister Clement Attlee