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. — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
Now, the vicissitudes that afflict the individual have their source in society. It is this situation that has given currency to the phrase social forces. Personal relations have given way to impersonal ones. The Great Society has arrived and the… — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee. — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at… — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do. — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable. — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means. — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
The worst thing I can say about democracy is that it has tolerated the right hon. Gentleman for four and a half years. — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
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… — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
I know that the right kind of leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine who must not in any way permit… — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
