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We should not be pushing out figured when the facts are in the opposite direction.

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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
Figured
Statistics
Pushing
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Facts

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The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.
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He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle.
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I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.
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The worst thing I can say about democracy is that it has tolerated the right hon. Gentleman for four and a half years.
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Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future.
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Trade unions are islands of anarchy in a sea of chaos.
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I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest.
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No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.
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