Facts about Aneurin Bevan

Occup.Politician
FromWelsh
BornNovember 15, 1897
DiedJuly 6, 1960
Aged62 years

Summary

Aneurin Bevan was a famous Politician from Welsh, who lived between November 15, 1897 and July 6, 1960. He/she became 62 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac scorpio, who is known for Transient, Self-Willed, Purposeful, Unyielding. Our collection contains 22 quotes who is written / told by Aneurin, under the main topic Power.

Related authors: Julia Gillard (Statesman)

22 Famous quotes by Aneurin Bevan

Small: Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future
"Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future"
Small: He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle
"He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle"
Small: Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus
"Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus"
Small: Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable
"Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable"
Small: Poor fellow, he suffers from files
"Poor fellow, he suffers from files"
Small: No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a de
"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"
Small: It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world
"It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world"
Small: It is an axiom, enforced by all the experience of the ages, that they who rule industrially will rule p
"It is an axiom, enforced by all the experience of the ages, that they who rule industrially will rule politically"
Small: I know that the right kind of political leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine
"I know that the right kind of political leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine"
Small: The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away
"The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away"
Small: This is my truth, tell me yours
"This is my truth, tell me yours"
Small: Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee
"Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee"
Small: Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born
"Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born"
Small: This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a sh
"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"
Small: No attempt at ethical or social seduction can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tor
"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"
Small: The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage
"The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage"
Small: I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gus
"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"
Small: I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction
"I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction"
Small: I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest
"I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest"
Small: We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down
"We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down"
Small: The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you havent got a programme, a bogy man will do
"The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do"
Small: Politics is a blood sport
"Politics is a blood sport"