Aneurin Bevan
Aneurin "Nye" Bevan PC (pronounced /əˈnaɪrɪn/; ; 15 November 1897 – 6 July 1960) was a Welsh Labour Party politician who was the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1959 until his death in 1960. 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 (MP), representing Ebbw Vale for 31 years, and became recognised as one of the leaders of the party’s left wing, and of left-wing British thought generally. His most famous accomplishment came when, as Minister of Health in the post-war Attlee government, he spearheaded the establishment of the National Health Service, which was to provide medical care free at point-of-need to all Britons.
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Famous quotes by aneurin bevan:
“I know that the right kind of leader for the Labour Party is a kind of desiccated calculating machine.”
—Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960)
“Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born.”
—Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960)
“Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.”
—Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960)
“You’re not an M.P., you’re a gastronomic pimp.”
—Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960)
“If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to attack the monkey when the organ grinder is present.”
—Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960)