Quotes by Clement Attlee

• Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
• I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them.
• 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.
• Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
• The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days.
• The last of our enemies is laid low.