“That sort of fundamentalism which treats possession of private property not as a desirable economic and personal asset but as a condition of liberty is a form of primitive religion.”

—  Neil Kinnock

Source: Speech to National Housing and Town Planning Conference, Bournemouth (28 October 1986).

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British politician 1942

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