All Aneurin Bevan Quotes
- He [Winston Churchill] is a man suffering from petrified adolescence. Adolescence
- You call that statesmanship. I call it an emotional spasm. Call
- Damn it all you can't have the crown of thorns and the thirty pieces of silver. All
- In Germany democracy died by the headman's axe. In Britain it can be by pernicious anaemia. Anaemia
- Advertising is 'an evil service'. Advertising
- We could manage to survive without money changers and stockbrokers. We should find it harder to do without miners, steel workers and those who cultivate… Changers
- Soon, if we are not prudent, millions of people will be watching each other starve to death through expensive television sets Death
- There can be no immaculate conception of socialism. Conception
- There is only one hope for mankind — and that is democratic Socialism. Democratic
- Why should I question the monkey when I can question the organ grinder. Grinder
- I know that the right kind of leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine who must not in any way permit himself… Absence
- You don't have to gaze into a crystal ball when you can read an open book. Advice
- Poor fellow, he suffers from files. Bureaucracy
- I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of truth Bladder
- No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means. Aid
- Trade unions are islands of anarchy in a sea of chaos. Anarchy
- 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.… Afflict
- The worst thing I can say about democracy is that it has tolerated the Right Honorable Gentleman for four and a half years. Democracy
- I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to… Any
- 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 a… Contrary
- We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down. Down
- The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away. Able
- No attempt at ethical or social seduction can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am… Attempt
- You're not an M.P., you're a gastronomic pimp. Gastronomic