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There is only one hope for mankind - and that is democratic Socialism.

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
Socialism
Democratic
Mankind
Hope

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The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage.
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I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest.
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Trade unions are islands of anarchy in a sea of chaos.
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Damn it all you can't have the crown of thorns and the thirty pieces of silver.
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If freedom is to be saved and enlarged, poverty must be ended. There is no other solution.
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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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It is an axiom, enforced by all the experience of the ages, that they who rule industrially will rule politically.
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