Political Insults & Putdowns

Quotes and Insulting Quotations from Clement Atlee

Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child
On Winston Churchill

I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision
On Winston Churchill

Why does Mosley always speak as though he were a feudal landlord abusingtenants who are in arrears with their rent ?
On Oswald Mosley

Always was a foulded mouthed fellow
On Hugh Dalton

Queer bird, Halifax. Very humourous, all hunting and Holy Communion
On Lord Halifax

The voice we heard was that of Mr Churchill, but the mind was that of Lord Beaverbrook
On Winston Churchill

A period of silence on your part would be most welcome
On Harold Laski

The press lives on disaster

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

The illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great
On Russian Communism