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I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.

Aneurin Bevan

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Aneurin Bevan
Age: 62 †
Born: 1897
Born: November 15
Died: 1960
Died: July 6
Politician
Secretary Of State For Health
Trade Unionist
Nye Bevan
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Journalism
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Why should I question the monkey when I can question the organ grinder.
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The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.
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Virtue is its own punishment.
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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.
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Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born.
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Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee.
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