Aneurin Bevan
Aneurin Bevan
Aneurin Bevan, often known as Nye Bevan, was a Welsh Labour Party politician who was the Minister for Health in the post-war Attlee government from 1945 to 1951. The son of a coal miner, Bevan was a lifelong champion of social justice, rights of working people, and democratic socialism. He was a long-time Member of Parliament, representing Ebbw Vale in South Wales for 31 years. He was one of the chief spokesmen for the Labour party's left wing, and of...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 November 1897
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poverty ifs saved
If freedom is to be saved and enlarged, poverty must be ended. There is no other solution.
life punishment virtue
Virtue is its own punishment.
priorities language socialism
The language of priorities is the religion of socialism.
evil advertising
Advertising is 'an evil service'.
two way cabinets
There are two ways of getting into the Cabinet - you can crawl in or kick your way in.
life book advice
You don't have to gaze into a crystal ball when you can read an open book.
lying opportunity welcome
I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of truth
men walking-away faces
Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future.
insulting democracy germany
In Germany democracy died by the headman's axe. In Britain it can be by pernicious anaemia.
country war fighting
The Prime Minister wins debate after debate and loses battle after battle. The country is beginning to say that he fights debates like a war and the war like a debate.
politics arena morality
I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest.
arise discontent
Discontent arises from a knowledge of the possible, as contrasted with the actual.
freedom economic surplus
Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.
funny humor islands
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.