Ernest Bevin

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

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

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.

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.

Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat.