Clement Attlee

“A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women's beds in a week. A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his cook in a funny way.”

“If you have a good dog, you don't bark yourself.”

“If we are to get a peaceful world, we have to be prepared to give up a great deal of national sovereignty.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Few slogans are more comforting than 'Somebody else is to blame'.”

“Power in the hands of a few is a dangerous thing.”

“Few thought he was even a starter. There were many who thought themselves smarter. But he ended PM, CH and OM, an Earl and a Knight of the Garter.”

“A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women's beds in a week. A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his cook in a funny way.”

“It is, I think, a mistake to think of the Commonwealth as a bloc. It is not a bloc. It is a free association of nations, each with its own individual point of view.”

“Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.”

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

“There are some who think that you can have a revolution on the cheap. You can't.”

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

“Democracy is not merely the law of the majority, but the law of the majority respecting the rights of the minority.”