Ernest Bevin Quotes

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

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.

Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat.

There never has been a war yet which, if the facts had been put calmly before the ordinary folk, could not have been prevented ... The common man, I think, is the great protection against war.

There has been great excitement at the prospect that this atomic bomb or atomic energy is likely to produce great industrial energy very quickly, I do not believe it at all.

What astounds me about the history of the British Navy is how cheaply we have policed the world for 300 years.

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.

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.

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

The most conservative man in this world is the British trade unionist when you want to change him.

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