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“Not even the apparently enlightened principle of the ‘greatest good for the greatest number’ can excuse indifference to individual suffering. There is no test for progress other than its impact on the individual.”

In Place of Fear (William Heinemann Ltd, 1952), pp. 167-8
1950s

“You have got to purge the army at the top. It will have to be a drastic purge, because the spirit of the British Army has to be regained. We have in this country five or six generals, members of other nations, Czechs, Poles, and French, all of them trained in the use of German weapons and German technique…I know it is hurtful to our pride, but would it not be possible to put some of these men temporarily in charge of our men in the field?”

Hansard, House of Commons 5th series, vol. 381, col. 540.
Speech in the House of Commons, 2 July 1942.
1940s

“Soon, if we are not prudent, millions of people will be watching each other starve to death through expensive television sets.”

In Place of Fear (William Heinemann Ltd, 1952), p. 192
1950s

“If freedom is to be saved and enlarged, poverty must be ended. There is no other solution.”

In Place of Fear, 1952
1950s