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I believe that conscience is a still small voice and not a loudspeaker.

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

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

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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.

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The voice we heard was that of Mr Churchill but the mind was that of Lord Beaverbrook.

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If the King asks you to form a Government you say 'Yes' or 'No', not 'I'll let you know later!'

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… the Peace Treaties must be scrapped … I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.

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

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I should be a sad subject for any publicity expert. I have none of the qualities which create publicity.

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It's a good maxim that if you have a good dog you don't bark yourself. I had a very good dog in Mr Ernest Bevin.

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Often the 'experts' make the worst possible Ministers in their own fields. In this country we prefer rule by amateurs.

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To a memorandum from the Ministry of Works saying, 'We have read the Cabinet's proposals':
The Cabinet does not propose, it decides.

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We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty. We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country.

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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.
Describing himself

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There were few who thought him a starter,
Many who thought themselves smarter.
But he ended PM,
CH and OM,
an Earl and a Knight of the Garter.

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When we are returned to power we want to put in the statute book an act which will make our people citizens of the world before they are citizens of this country.

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The difference between the House of Commons and the House of Lords is the difference between a newly poured glass of champagne and one that has stood for five days.

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