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

Quote by Aneurin Bevan

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Poor fellow, he suffers from files.

Poor fellow, he suffers from files.

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.

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,...

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

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

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...

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.

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...

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...

Politics is a blood sport.

Politics is a blood sport.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

This is my truth, tell me yours.

This is my truth, tell me yours.