Politics is a blood sport.... -Aneurin Bevan

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Politics is a blood sport.

Aneurin Bevan , Politician
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Aneurin Bevan was a Welsh politician and statesman. He is best known for his role in the establishment of the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom, as the Minister of Health in the post-war Labour government. Bevan's efforts to create a comprehensive healthcare system accessible to all regardless of income or social status have had a lasting impact on public health and social policy in the UK.

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I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest....
Politics is a blood sport....
Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born....
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....
Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus....
The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away....
This is my truth, tell me yours....

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