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

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Source : In Michael Foot Aneurin Bevan (1973) vol. 2, ch. 13

Aneurin Bevan

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“I welcome the signing by the presidential candidates Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Dr. Ashraf Ghani of an agreement on the formation of a government of national unity in Afghanistan,”
“There have been tons of politicians who were slow to accept equal rights when it meant changes in the established social order. Many eventually came around, admitted they were wrong, and were forgiven. But the ones who actively choose hate-mongering don't ever get a pass.”

Source : "Marriage Security and Insecurities". Interview with David Brooks, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. March 27, 2013.
“Christ alone can bring lasting peace - peace with God - peace among men and nations - and peace within our hearts.”
“There is an attitude in the culture that says that everybody is entitled to their opinion. You got to respect their opinion. No, you damn well haven't got to respect their opinion.”
“We don't have unions in South Carolina because we don't need unions in South Carolina.”
“Studies show that the more often families eat together, the less likely kids are to smoke, drink, do drugs, get depressed, develop eating disorders and consider suicide, and the more likely they are to do well in school, delay having sex, eat their vegetables, learn big words and know which fork to use.”
“I wouldn't steal anything because stealing is wrong. If I had to, I'd steal a caged bird and set it free.”
“There is also a reasonable tolerance: reason tolerates the reasonable. It is, however, almost tautological to call this 'tolerance' any longer, as it becomes a matter of course.”

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