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Socialism is not the invention of an individual. It is essentially the outcome of economic and social conditions. The evils that Capitalism brings differ in intensity in different countries, but, the root cause of the trouble once discerned, the remedy is seen to be the same by thoughtful men and women. The cause is the private ownership of the means of life; the remedy is public ownership.

— Clement Attlee

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

To ensure peace we needed stronger armed forces as a deterrent to aggression.

The idea that every nation ought to have an atomic bomb, like every woman of fashion ought to have a mink coat, is deplorable.

Progress is not towards, but away from the herd. It is no part of the Socialist idea that there should be in every human activity an orthodox pattern to which all must conform.

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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