I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction. Aneurin Bevan
We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over. Aneurin Bevan
The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away. Aneurin Bevan
I know that the right kind of political leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine. Aneurin Bevan
Poor fellow, he suffers from files. Aneurin Bevan
Politics is a blood sport. Aneurin Bevan
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. Aneurin Bevan
Virtue is its own punishment. Aneurin Bevan
Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born. Aneurin Bevan
The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage. Aneurin Bevan
It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world. Aneurin Bevan
His ear is so sensitively attuned to the bugle note of history that he is often deaf to the more raucous clamour of contemporary life. Aneurin Bevan (on Churchill)