Short Quotes - Author Aneurin Bevan Showing 1 - 22 of 22 Add Quote He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle. Aneurin Bevan Sound Upvote0 It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world. Aneurin Bevan Peace Upvote0 No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin. Aneurin Bevan Heart Upvote0 It is an axiom, enforced by all the experience of the ages, that they who rule industrially will rule politically. Aneurin Bevan Experience Upvote0 I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one. Aneurin Bevan Sympathy Upvote0 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 concerned they are lower than vermin. Aneurin Bevan Heart Upvote0 I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction. Aneurin Bevan Fiction Upvote0 I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest. Aneurin Bevan Politics Upvote0 Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future. Aneurin Bevan Future Upvote0 Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus. Aneurin Bevan Freedom Upvote0 I know that the right kind of political leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine. Aneurin Bevan Leader Upvote0 Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born. Aneurin Bevan Society Upvote0 Poor fellow, he suffers from files. Aneurin Bevan Poor Upvote0 Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable. Aneurin Bevan Business Upvote0 Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee. Aneurin Bevan Forget Upvote0 The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away. Aneurin Bevan Power Upvote0 The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage. Aneurin Bevan Genius Upvote0 The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do. Aneurin Bevan Man Upvote0 This is my truth, tell me yours. Aneurin Bevan Truth Upvote0 This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time. Aneurin Bevan Time Upvote0 Politics is a blood sport. Aneurin Bevan Politics Upvote0 We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down. Aneurin Bevan People Upvote0