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[ Describing Clement Attlee :] A sheep in sheep’s clothing.

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[ Of Bernard Montgomery :] In defeat unbeatable: in victory unbearable.

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[ Of Clement Attlee :] A modest man who has a good deal to be modest about.

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[ Of Ramsey MacDonald :] I remember, when I was a child, being taken to the celebrated Barnum’s circus, which contained an exhibition of freaks and monstrosities, but the exhibit on the program which I most desired to see was the one described as “The Boneless Wonder.” My parents judged that the spectacle would be too revolting and demoralizing for my youthful eyes, and I have waited 50 years to see the boneless wonder sitting on the Treasury Bench.

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[ On his portrait, painted by Graham Sutherland :] I look as if I was having a difficult stool.

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[ Replying to Nancy Astor’s saying “If I were your wife I would put poison in your coffee!” :] And if I were your husband I would drink it.

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[ Responding to criticism that he edited the British Gazette in a biased manner during the General Strike :] I decline utterly to be impartial as between the fire brigade and the fire.

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[ To Anthony Eden about a long report from the latter :] As far as I can see you have used every cliché except “God is Love” and “Please adjust your dress before leaving.”

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[He] looks at foreign affairs through the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe.
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[Hitler] must blood his hounds and show them sport, or else, like Actaeon of old, be devoured by them.
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