Aneurin Bevan Quotes


Politics is a blood sport. Aneurin Bevan Politics 144
The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away. Aneurin Bevan Power 120
No attempt at ethical or social seduction can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin. Aneurin Bevan Attempt 95
I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction. Aneurin Bevan Reading 86
This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time. Aneurin Bevan Coal 84
He has the lucidity which is the by-product of a fundamentally sterile mind. He does not have to struggle... with the crowded pulsations of a fecund imagination. On the contrary he is almost devoid of imagination. Aneurin Bevan Mind 80
The worst thing I can say about democracy is that it has tolerated the Right Honorable Gentleman for four and a half years. Aneurin Bevan Democracy 77
Reactionary: A man walking backwards with his face to the future. Aneurin Bevan Fanaticism 76
We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over. Aneurin Bevan Decisions 71
Poor fellow, he suffers from files. Aneurin Bevan Bureaucracy 68
I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest. Aneurin Bevan Morals 66
It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world. Aneurin Bevan Peace 62
Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born. Aneurin Bevan Society 61
I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one. Aneurin Bevan Hospitals 57
It is an axiom, enforced by all the experience of the ages, that they who rule industrially will rule politically. Aneurin Bevan Experience 54
The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage. Aneurin Bevan Politics 46
Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus. Aneurin Bevan Freedom 44
I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to attack the monkey when the organ grinder is present. Aneurin Bevan Insults 36
No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin. Aneurin Bevan Amount 33
He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle. Aneurin Bevan Humility 29

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