Benches Quote by Clement Attlee

The real test of one's belief in the doctrine of Habeas Corpus is not when one demands its application on behalf of one's friends…

— Clement Attlee

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

— Clement Attlee

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

— Clement Attlee

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

— Clement Attlee

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

— Clement Attlee

Man's material discoveries have outpaced his moral progress.

— Clement Attlee

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

— Clement Attlee

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

— Clement Attlee

There is a denial of the value of the individual. Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it. The individual is…

— Clement Attlee

The press lives on disaster.

— Clement Attlee

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

— Clement Attlee

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

— Clement Attlee