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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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Aneurin Bevan
Age: 62 †
Born: 1897
Born: November 15
Died: 1960
Died: July 6
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Secretary Of State For Health
Trade Unionist
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There is only one hope for mankind - and that is democratic Socialism.
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Discontent arises from a knowledge of the possible, as contrasted with the actual.
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Trade unions are islands of anarchy in a sea of chaos.
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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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We could manage to survive without money changers and stockbrokers. We should find it harder to do without miners, steel workers and those who cultivate the land.
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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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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.
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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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Why should I question the monkey when I can question the organ grinder.
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Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future.
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I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of truth
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The language of priorities is the religion of socialism.
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Advertising is 'an evil service'.
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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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