Clement Attlee
Clement Attlee
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRSwas a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. Attlee was the first person to hold the office of Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, serving under Winston Churchill in the wartime coalition government, before going on to lead the Labour Party to a landslide election victory in 1945 and...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 January 1883
five sixty
Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.
war struggle destiny
In a life and death struggle, we cannot afford to leave our destinies in the hands of failures.
downing-street empty taxi
An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.
nice government car
It's nice to keep in touch - besides, it's the only place in London where you can park a car.
war secret diplomacy
the Peace Treaties must be scrapped ... I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.
decision political gentleman
I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
fifty fool genius
Winston Churchill - fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool.
clever numbers chinese
I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27
blow arms helping
If the money wasted on arms could be used to help the less developed nations, that would probably be a greater blow against the Communist danger than anything else.
country book people
When we are returned to power we want to put in the statute book an act which will make our people citizens of the world before they are citizens of this country.
loyalty country ideas
We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty. We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.
clever people judgement
A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement
children politics communism
Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
gentleman succeed boardwalk-empire
You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt