Aneurin Bevan

I know that the right kind of political leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine. ”

I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest. ”

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus. ”

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

The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage. ”

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away. ”

It is an axiom, enforced by all the experience of the ages, that they who rule industrially will rule politically. ”

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

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

It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world. ”