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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
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I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.
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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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I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest.
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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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Why should I question the monkey when I can question the organ grinder.
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Discontent arises from a knowledge of the possible, as contrasted with the actual.
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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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Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.
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