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

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

Aneurin Bevan

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

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

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.

Politics is a blood sport.

Politics is a blood sport.

There is only one hope for mankind and that is democratic Socialism.

There is only one hope for mankind and that is democratic Socialism.

This is my truth, tell me yours.

This is my truth, tell me yours.

Damn it all you can't have the crown of thorns and the thirty pieces of silver.

Damn it all you can't have the crown of thorns and the thirty pieces of silver.

The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage.

The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage.

If freedom is to be saved and enlarged, poverty must be ended. There is no other solution.

If freedom is to be saved and enlarged, poverty must be ended. There is no other solution.

We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down.

We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down.

I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.

I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.

The NHS will last as long as there are folk left with faith to fight for it

The NHS will last as long as there are folk left with faith to fight for it

To every man of us, Tobruk was a symbol of British resistance and we were now going to finish with it for good.

To every man of us, Tobruk was a symbol of British resistance and we were now going to finish with it for good.

I would rather he had given me one more division

I would rather he had given me one more division

It's better for one to die than for all of us to be killed in a shooting affray. Anyway, we've practically no ammunition.

It's better for one to die than for all of us to be killed in a shooting affray. Anyway, we've practically no ammunition.

It is often possible to decide the issue of a battle merely by making an unexpected shift of one's main weight.

It is often possible to decide the issue of a battle merely by making an unexpected shift of one's main weight.

Good soldiers, bad officers; however don't forget that without them we would not have any Civilization.

Good soldiers, bad officers; however don't forget that without them we would not have any Civilization.

I didn't die nor win.

I didn't die nor win.

There are always times where the place of a commander isn't back with his Major State, but onward with his troops.

There are always times where the place of a commander isn't back with his Major State, but onward with his troops.