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> [Not even the apparently enlightened principle of the 'greatest good for the greatest number' can excuse indifference to individual suffering. There is no test for progress other than its impact on the individual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-bevan/not-even-the-apparently-enlightened-principle-of-the-greatest-good/)

[Aneurin Bevan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aneurin-bevan/)

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## More by Aneurin Bevan

> [Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-bevan/stand-not-too-near-the-rich-man-lest-he-destroy-thee-and-not-too-far/)

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> [This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-bevan/this-island-is-made-mainly-of-coal-and-surrounded-by-fish-only-an/)

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> [The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-bevan/the-tories-every-election-must-have-a-bogy-man-if-you-haven-t-got-a/)

[Aneurin Bevan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aneurin-bevan/)

> [Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-bevan/reading-is-not-a-duty-and-has-consequently-no-business-to-be-made/)

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> [Virtue is its own punishment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-bevan/virtue-is-its-own-punishment/)

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> [No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-bevan/no-society-can-legitimately-call-itself-civilized-if-a-sick-person-is/)

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> [You call that statesmanship. I call it an emotional spasm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-bevan/you-call-that-statesmanship-i-call-it-an-emotional-spasm/)

[Aneurin Bevan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aneurin-bevan/)

> [Politics is a blood sport.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-bevan/politics-is-a-blood-sport/)

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> [The worst thing I can say about democracy is that it has tolerated the right hon. Gentleman for four and a half years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-bevan/the-worst-thing-i-can-say-about-democracy-is-that-it-has-tolerated/)

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> [He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-bevan/he-seems-determined-to-make-a-trumpet-sound-like-a-tin-whistle/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-bevan/he-has-the-lucidity-which-is-the-by-product-of-a-fundamentally/)

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> [I know that the right kind of leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine who must not in any way permit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-bevan/i-know-that-the-right-kind-of-leader-for-the-labour-party-is-a/)

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> [This is my truth, tell me yours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-bevan/this-is-my-truth-tell-me-yours/)

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> [Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-bevan/reactionary-a-man-walking-backwards-with-his-face-to-the-future/)

[Aneurin Bevan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aneurin-bevan/)

> [I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-bevan/i-am-not-going-to-spend-any-time-whatsoever-in-attacking-the-foreign/)

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