Quotes by Ernest Bevin

Ernest Bevin

A newspaper has three things to do. One is to amuse, another is to entertain and the rest is to mislead.

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Propaganda

Three

Civilisation cannot survive if it rests on a propertyless proletariat.

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Ernest Bevin had many of the strongest characteristics of the English race. His manliness, his common sense, his rough simplicity, sturdiness and kind heart, easy geniality and generosity, all are qualities which we who live in the southern part of this famous island regard with admiration.

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Foreign policy isn’t something that is great and big, it’s common sense and humanity as it applies to my affairs and yours.

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Common Sense

Humanity

If the workers see themselves faced with defeat through starvation, they will prefer to go down fighting rather than fainting – and whether or not we leaders agree.

Defeat

Fighting

Leader

If you let that sort of thing go on, your bread and butter will be cut right out from under your feet.

Cutting

Feet

Stupidity

If you open that Pandora’s Box you never know what Trojan ‘orses will jump out.

Funny

Humor

Pandora's Box

It is placing the Executive and the Movement in an absolutely wrong position to be taking your conscience round from body to body asking to be told what you ought to do with it.

Asking

Body

Movement

It was like a life-line to a sinking man. It seemed to bring hope where there was none. The generosity of it was beyond our belief.

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Men

War

My policy is to be able to take a ticket at Victoria station and go anywhere I damn well please!

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Damn

Tickets

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Quotes by Ernest Bevin

Ernest Bevin

A newspaper has three things to do. One is to amuse, another is to entertain and the rest is to mislead.

Civilisation cannot survive if it rests on a propertyless proletariat.

Ernest Bevin had many of the strongest characteristics of the English race. His manliness, his common sense, his rough simplicity, sturdiness and kind heart, easy geniality and generosity, all are qualities which we who live in the southern part of this famous island regard with admiration.

Foreign policy isn’t something that is great and big, it’s common sense and humanity as it applies to my affairs and yours.

If the workers see themselves faced with defeat through starvation, they will prefer to go down fighting rather than fainting – and whether or not we leaders agree.

If you let that sort of thing go on, your bread and butter will be cut right out from under your feet.

If you open that Pandora’s Box you never know what Trojan ‘orses will jump out.

It is placing the Executive and the Movement in an absolutely wrong position to be taking your conscience round from body to body asking to be told what you ought to do with it.

It was like a life-line to a sinking man. It seemed to bring hope where there was none. The generosity of it was beyond our belief.

My policy is to be able to take a ticket at Victoria station and go anywhere I damn well please!

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