Clement Attlee Quotes


"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
(Related: Being, Nations, Old, Wine)

"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."
- Clement Attlee
(Related: May, Obvious)

"Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great."
- Clement Attlee
(Related: Communism)

"The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days."
- Clement Attlee
"The last of our enemies is laid low."
- Clement Attlee
(Related: Enemies)