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.

Quote by Aneurin Bevan

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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,...

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...

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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 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.

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 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 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...

They politics like ours profess, The greater prey upon the less.

They politics like ours profess, The greater prey upon the less.

I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can...

I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can...

And as Americans, we must ask ourselves: Are we really so different? Must we stereotype...

And as Americans, we must ask ourselves: Are we really so different? Must we stereotype...