Clement Attlee Quotes - Page 2

Quotes about:

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

  Clement Attlee

  Glasses, House, Historical

  10 Copy quote

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

  Clement Attlee

  Wine, Thinking, Bottles

  'Hansard' 24 October 1950, col. 2705

  10 Copy quote

• The Peace Treaties must be scrapped ... I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.

  Clement Attlee

  War, Secret, Diplomacy

  "Who's Who in the New Parliament:Members and their pledges" edited by T.W. Walding, Philip Gee, London, (p. 35), 1922.

  19 Copy quote

• I am pleased to see from the laughter on the Ministerial benches that there is no implication on their part to take Sir Oswald Mosley too seriously. It can easily be seen to-day that this idea of a dictator is gradually falling down.

  Clement Attlee

  Laughter, Fall, Ideas

  15 Copy quote

• It's nice to keep in touch - besides, it's the only place in London where you can park a car.

  Clement Attlee

  Nice, Government, Car

  22 Copy quote

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

  Clement Attlee

  Men, Conversation, Hard

  8 Copy quote

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

  Clement Attlee

  Rhyme, Publish

  "Memoirs 1916-1964: The Making of a Prime Minister" by Harold Wilson, Weidenfeld & Nicolson and Michael Joseph, London, (p. 128), 1986.

  9 Copy quote

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

  Clement Attlee

  Five, Sixty

  "Memoirs 1916-1964: The Making of a Prime Minister" by Harold Wilson, Weidenfeld & Nicolson and Michael Joseph, London, (p. 54), 1986.

  10 Copy quote

Page 2 of 2

First

← Prev

1

2

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin