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

Quote by Aneurin Bevan

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This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius...

This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius...

No attempt at ethical or social seduction can eradicate from my heart a deep burning...

No attempt at ethical or social seduction can eradicate from my heart a deep burning...

We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They...

We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They...

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

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

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.

This is my truth, tell me yours.

This is my truth, tell me yours.

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.

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

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

Politics is a blood sport.

Politics is a blood sport.

No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from...

No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from...

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.

Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing...

Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing...

It is an axiom, enforced by all the experience of the ages, that they who...

It is an axiom, enforced by all the experience of the ages, that they who...

Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future.

Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future.

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.

Poor fellow, he suffers from files.

Poor fellow, he suffers from files.

He brings to the fierce struggle of politics the tepid enthusiasm of a lazy summer...

He brings to the fierce struggle of politics the tepid enthusiasm of a lazy summer...

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

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

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

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

I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large...

I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large...