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Why should I question the monkey when I can question the organ grinder.

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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Monkey
Organ
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I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of truth
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He [Winston Churchill] is a man suffering from petrified adolescence.
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It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world.
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[Winston Churchill] never spares himself in conversation. He gives himself so generously that hardly anyone else is permitted to give anything in his presence.
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I know that the right kind of political leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine.
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You don't have to gaze into a crystal ball when you can read an open book.
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This is my truth, tell me yours.
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You call that statesmanship. I call it an emotional spasm.
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Trade unions are islands of anarchy in a sea of chaos.
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The hero's need of the people outlasts their need of him.
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No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means.
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The NHS will last as long as there are folk left with faith to fight for it
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