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> [We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aneurin-bevan/we-know-what-happens-to-people-who-stay-in-the-middle-of-the-road-2/)

[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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

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

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

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

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

> [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/)

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

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