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> [Nationalisation...does not in itself engender greater equality, more jobs in the regions, higher investment or industrial democracy. The public knows this perfectly well, and so do the workers who have suffered from pit closures, steel redundancies and the run-down of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-crosland/nationalisation-does-not-in-itself-engender-greater-equality-more/)

[Anthony Crosland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-crosland/)

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## More by Anthony Crosland

> [Unless the Arab states give Israel formal recognition, within secure, recognised and mutually agreed boundaries, as a permanent feature of the geography and politics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-crosland/unless-the-arab-states-give-israel-formal-recognition-within-secure/)

[Anthony Crosland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-crosland/)

> [We conceive the function of Tribune to be the expression in popular form, and to as large a public as possible, of the views…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-crosland/we-conceive-the-function-of-tribune-to-be-the-expression-in-popular/)

[Anthony Crosland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-crosland/)

> [As a democratic Socialist profoundly committed to the rule of law, I could not condone, let alone encourage, defiance of the law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-crosland/as-a-democratic-socialist-profoundly-committed-to-the-rule-of-law-i/)

[Anthony Crosland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-crosland/)

> [Much more should have been achieved by a Labour Government in office and Labour pressure in opposition. Against the dogged resistance to change, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-crosland/much-more-should-have-been-achieved-by-a-labour-government-in-office/)

[Anthony Crosland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-crosland/)

> [A high proportion of the population enjoys many of the 'luxuries' which until recently were considered the prerogative of the rich; and the ordinary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-crosland/a-high-proportion-of-the-population-enjoys-many-of-the-luxuries-which/)

[Anthony Crosland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-crosland/)

> [I am...wholeheartedly a Galbraith man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-crosland/i-am-wholeheartedly-a-galbraith-man/)

[Anthony Crosland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-crosland/)

> [I do not believe there is a long-term future for the privately rented sector in its present form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-crosland/i-do-not-believe-there-is-a-long-term-future-for-the-privately-rented/)

[Anthony Crosland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-crosland/)

> [Nationalisation...does not in itself engender greater equality, more jobs in the regions, higher investment or industrial democracy. The public knows this perfectly well, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-crosland/nationalisation-does-not-in-itself-engender-greater-equality-more/)

[Anthony Crosland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-crosland/)

> [Objectively, class differences in accent, dress, manners, and general style of life are very much smaller; and one cannot, strolling about the street or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-crosland/objectively-class-differences-in-accent-dress-manners-and-general/)

[Anthony Crosland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-crosland/)

> [What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-crosland/what-one-generation-sees-as-a-luxury-the-next-sees-as-a-necessity/)

[Anthony Crosland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-crosland/)

> [We believe that the developing crisis in the capitalist system, by which we mean both economic stagnation, and the social and political conflicts to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-crosland/we-believe-that-the-developing-crisis-in-the-capitalist-system-by/)

[Anthony Crosland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-crosland/)

> [We still retain in Britain a deeper sense of class, a more obvious social stratification, and stronger class resentments, than any of the Scandinavian,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-crosland/we-still-retain-in-britain-a-deeper-sense-of-class-a-more-obvious/)

[Anthony Crosland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-crosland/)

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