“There is only one hope for mankind — and that is democratic Socialism.”

—  Aneurin Bevan

Resignation speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1951/apr/23/mr-aneurin-bevan-statement in the House of Commons (23 April 1951)
1950s

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