Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk
Thursday November 21st, 2024

Aneurin Bevan Politician

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: Wales
  • Born: Nov 15, 1897
  • Died: Jul 6, 1960

Aneurin "Nye" Bevan was a Welsh Labour Party politician who was the Minister for Health in the post-war Attlee government from 1945 to 1951. The son of a coal miner, Bevan was a lifelong champion of social justice and the rights of working people. He was a long-time Member of Parliament, representing Ebbw Vale in southern Wales for 31 years. He was one of the chief spokesmen for the Labour party's left wing, and of left-wing British thought generally. His most famous accomplishment came when, as Minister of Health, he spearheaded the establishment of the National Health Service, which was to provide medical care free at point-of-need to all Britons. He resigned when the Attlee government decided to transfer funds from the National Insurance fund to pay for rearmament.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away. power

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus. freedom

It is an axiom, enforced by all the experience of the ages, that they who rule industrially will rule politically. experience

Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable. business

This is my truth, tell me yours. truth

I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest. politics

I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one. sympathy

Politics is a blood sport. politics

Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born. future & society

It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world. peace

Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future. future

Thanksgiving November 28, 2024

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. 32 other sayings from William Blake

32 other sayings from William Blake

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. 6 more sayings from Franz Grillparzer

6 more sayings from Franz Grillparzer

For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. 2 views from Storm Jameson

2 views from Storm Jameson

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. 73 thoughts from Victor Hugo

73 thoughts from Victor Hugo