Enlightened Quote by Aneurin Bevan

Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee.

— 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…

— Aneurin Bevan

The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do.

— Aneurin Bevan

Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.

— Aneurin Bevan

Virtue is its own punishment.

— Aneurin Bevan

No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means.

— Aneurin Bevan

You call that statesmanship. I call it an emotional spasm.

— Aneurin Bevan

Politics is a blood sport.

— 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.

— Aneurin Bevan

He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle.

— 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…

— 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…

— Aneurin Bevan