Politics is a blood sport.

Quote by Aneurin Bevan

Topics: Politics Quotes

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...

This is my truth, tell me yours.

This is my truth, tell me yours.

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...

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 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.

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...

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

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

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,...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...