Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1934/jul/13/foreign-office in the House of Commons (13 July 1934). His remarks about dictatorships gradually falling down was a reference to the Night of the Long Knives in Nazi Germany a fortnight before.
1930s
“As a red hot Communist I am in favour of fascism. The only drawback to Sir Oswald’s movement is that it is not quite British enough.”
As quoted in Socialism and Superior Brains: The Political Thought of Bernard Shaw by Gareth Griffith (1993). Originally from Bernard Shaw, The News Chronicle, “The Blackshirt Challenge,” (Jan. 1934)
1930s
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Resignation announcement (17 July 1959)
After being heckled by a voter during a campaign trail.
Source: [Gough Whitlam dead: His memorable quotes, 21 October 2014, 2 May 2019, https://www.smh.com.au/national/gough-whitlam-dead-his-memorable-quotes-20141021-1193jd.html, Sydney Morning Herald, smh.com.au, Murphy, D]
Source: [Gough Whitlam remembered for his quick wit, Mills, D; Rajca, J, news.com.au, News Corp Australia Network, https://www.news.com.au/national/gough-whitlam-remembered-for-his-quick-wit-and-that-tv-ad-for-leggos-pasta-sauce/news-story/007e66ff548bffb6b48cea049c16ff85, 21 October 2014, 2 May 2019]
Source: 2000s, 2008, Liberal Fascism (2008), p. 5
Source: Russia Under The Bolshevik Regime (1994), p. 242
“I do not know where I am going. But I am quite weary enough of where I’ve been.”
Source: World of the Five Gods series, The Hallowed Hunt (2005), Chapter 9 (p. 157)
“I ain't a communist necessarily, but I been in the red all my life.”
As quoted in "Woody Guthrie" by Steve Earle in The Nation (21 July 2003) http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20030721&s=earle
“The British ambassador was Sir Robert Morier.”
Source: Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, Vol. 2 (1922), p. 13
Context: The British ambassador was Sir Robert Morier. He too was a strong character, though lacking apparently in some of General [der Infanterie] von Schweinitz's more kindly qualities. He was big, roughish, and at times so brusque that he might almost be called brutal. When bullying was needed it was generally understood that he could do it con amore.
10 February 1945.
Disputed, The Testament of Adolf Hitler (1945)
“Corbyn sold British secrets to communist spies.”
Tory MP deletes tweet accusing Jeremy Corbyn of 'selling British secrets to Communist spies
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/feb/24/ben-bradley-apologises-unreservedly-for-corbyn-spy-claims