Aneurin Bevan Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

15 Famous Quotes by Aneurin Bevan
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“This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time.”
England Quotes
Source: in a speech at Blackpool as reported by the "Daily Herald" on May 25, 1945
“This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time.”
Fish Quotes
Source: in a speech at Blackpool as reported by the "Daily Herald" on May 25, 1945
“I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.”
Journalism Quotes
“I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to attack the monkey when the organ grinder is present.”
Insults Quotes
“Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.”
Perspective Quotes
“Poor fellow, he suffers from files.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Reactionary: A man walking backwards with his face to the future.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“The worst thing I can say about democracy is that it has tolerated the Right Honorable Gentleman for four and a half years.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“This island is almost made of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish in Great Britain at the same time.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
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