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.

Quote by Aneurin Bevan

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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...

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...

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.

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...

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 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...

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Poor fellow, he suffers from files.

Poor fellow, he suffers from files.