Aneurin Bevan Quotes

Political criticism is our enemies' best friend.

In a democratic society, we politicians have to accept criticism, especially when it is founded.

Our job is to bash the President.

I'm sick of people who supported Trump saying, 'Get over it. You lost.' That's not how America works. We get to critique him the same way they constantly fought Obama. As long as I have a platform, I will continue to speak up because it's my responsibility.

To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the very foundation of democracy.

Well, I say it's time to take Stephen Harper to the woodshed!

Europe is a democracy and differences of opinion are part of it.

A lot has been said about politics; some of it complimentary, but most of it accurate

In a democracy, everyone has the right to criticise the Government. Normally, the opposition gets more media space and even the people find it interesting to listen to voices against the government of the day. Ever since I took office, my friends in the opposition have been levelling baseless allegations about my foreign trips. Had these trips been a failure, then they would have based their comments on specific issues. When opponents keep harping on one point, it is a sure sign of success!

Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business.

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

I can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism.

I had three points I wanted to make: That not everybody in Hollywood is on the left, that Obama has broken a lot of the promises he made when he took office, and that the people should feel free to get rid of any politician who's not doing a good job. But I didn't make up my mind exactly what I was going to say until I said it.

If you want to be loved by everyone, don't go into politics.

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule-- and both commonly succeed, and are right.

Especially among journalists, politics is not a pursuit that's held in high esteem. We tend to be cynical about it - but I actually believe in democracy.

If you believe in democracy, than you can't trash it by being cynical about the people who do democracy: the politicians.

I want to shine a spotlight on showing how dangerous Trump and his Twitter button can be.

Being called a traitor by Dick Cheney is the highest honor you can give an American, and the more panicked talk we hear from people like him... the better off we all are.

In some ways, political decency is a sign of a healthy democracy, but in other ways, it is the cause of it.

One of the things I've learned from 'Borgen' is that it's very easy to criticise people; 'I hate this politician, I hate what they do.' You are doing this right now with Margaret Thatcher, but sometimes it's hard to be a politician. I'm not defending Margaret Thatcher, but we believe our statesmen are also human beings.

I stay far away from political humor.

So many people are alleging so many things without evidence against Modi. That itself is proof that he is not a dictator.

This is not Trumpistan.

I think politics are a personal thing, and everybody has a right to their own opinion.