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
believe people liberty
I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.
money inspired materialism
No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.
party political half
If you begin to consider yourself solely responsible to a political party, you're half-way to a dictatorship.
men charity want
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.
freedom mean government
Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
enemies laid last low
The last of our enemies is laid low
certainly large layer possibly
One layer was certainly 17th century. The 18th century in him is obvious. There was the 19th century, and a large slice, of course, of the 20th century; and another, curious layer which may possibly have been the 21st.