Those Who Forget History....
"We cannot run the processes of modern society by attempting to impose our will upon nations by armed force. If we have not learned that, we have learned nothing. Therefore, from our point of view here, whatever may have been the morality of the government's action, there is no doubt about its imbecility. There is not the slightest shadow of doubt that we have attempted to use methods which were bound to destroy the objectives we had, and, of course, this is what we have discovered"
"The government resorted to epic weapons for squalid and trivial ends, and that is why, all through this unhappy period, ministers, all of them, have spoken and argued and debated well below their proper form..."
"It will take us very many years to live down what we have done. It will take us many years to pay the price."
Aneurin Bevan, December 5, 1952. To the House of Commons subsequent to the Suez debacle.
"The government resorted to epic weapons for squalid and trivial ends, and that is why, all through this unhappy period, ministers, all of them, have spoken and argued and debated well below their proper form..."
"It will take us very many years to live down what we have done. It will take us many years to pay the price."
Aneurin Bevan, December 5, 1952. To the House of Commons subsequent to the Suez debacle.