Virtue is its own punishment.
Aneurin Bevan Quotes
We have been the dreamers. We have been the sufferers. Now we are the builders. We want the complete political extinction of the Tory Party---and 25 years of Labour Government, for we cannot do in five years what requires to be done.
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| Birth: | 15th November, 1897 |
| Death: | 6th July, 1960 |
| Nationality: | Welsh |
| Profession: | Politician |
About
Aneurin Bevan was born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire. He was a Welsh Labour Party politician who was the Minister for Health in the post-war Attlee government from 1945 to 1951. He was a long-time Member of Parliament, representing Ebbw Vale in southern Wales for 31 years. He was one of the chief spokesmen for the Labour party’s left wing, and of left-wing British thought generally. His most famous accomplishment came when, as Minister of Health, he spearheaded the establishment of the National Health Service, which was to provide medical care free at point-of-need to all Britons. He resigned when the Attlee government decided to transfer funds from the National Insurance fund to pay for rearmament.
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