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Barbara Castle Quotes

That was not what men and women fought for during the war Picture Quote #1

Those were the ideals that drove us to nationalization of the health service Picture Quote #1

I remember a big meeting with the hosiery trade in Harold’s ministerial room Picture Quote #1

And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for controlling the commanding heights will grow Picture Quote #1

There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief Picture Quote #1

Why not pool your resources? And so we broke into the concept of the sacredness of private property Picture Quote #1

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If you’ve got unemployment, low pay, that was just too bad. But that was the system. That was the sort of economy and philosophy against which I was fighting in the 1930s Picture Quote #1

You see, another reason for nationalization was that private ownership meant fragmentation Picture Quote #1

And that had a powerful appeal, particularly to those who had been denied the choice to stay on at school, to go to university, to be something else, other than going down the pit Picture Quote #1

Another example of that was that even during the economic problems of the 1945 government, we managed to carry out other aspects of our policy and other ideals. Through the establishment of national parks, for instance Picture Quote #1

If you’ve got unemployment, low pay, that was just too bad. But that was the system. That was the sort of economy and philosophy against which I was fighting in the 1930s Picture Quote #1

It is true that they paid much more attention to the trade unions because the trade unions were after all speaking for the rights and conditions of working men and women in their employment Picture Quote #1

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Then, with lots of people doing that without ever looking over their shoulders to see how they were affecting anybody else, it couldn’t work, and it didn’t work, and it just came to a standstill Picture Quote #1

What we set out to do was to ensure that this system of fair shares and the planning and controls continued after the war, and when we won, that’s what we did Picture Quote #1

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That was not what men and women fought for during the war (Barbara Castle Quotes) Those were the ideals that drove us to nationalization of the health service (Barbara Castle Quotes) I remember a big meeting with the hosiery trade in Harold’s ministerial room (Barbara Castle Quotes) And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for controlling the commanding heights will grow (Barbara Castle Quotes) There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief (Barbara Castle Quotes) Why not pool your resources? And so we broke into the concept of the sacredness of private property (Barbara Castle Quotes) If you’ve got unemployment, low pay, that was just too bad. But that was the system. That was the sort of economy and philosophy against which I was fighting in the 1930s. (Barbara Castle Quotes) You see, another reason for nationalization was that private ownership meant fragmentation (Barbara Castle Quotes) And that had a powerful appeal, particularly to those who had been denied the choice to stay on at school, to go to university, to be something else, other than going down the pit (Barbara Castle Quotes) Another example of that was that even during the economic problems of the 1945 government, we managed to carry out other aspects of our policy and other ideals. Through the establishment of national parks, for instance (Barbara Castle Quotes) If you’ve got unemployment, low pay, that was just too bad. But that was the system. That was the sort of economy and philosophy against which I was fighting in the 1930s (Barbara Castle Quotes) It is true that they paid much more attention to the trade unions because the trade unions were after all speaking for the rights and conditions of working men and women in their employment (Barbara Castle Quotes) Then, with lots of people doing that without ever looking over their shoulders to see how they were affecting anybody else, it couldn’t work, and it didn’t work, and it just came to a standstill (Barbara Castle Quotes) What we set out to do was to ensure that this system of fair shares and the planning and controls continued after the war, and when we won, that’s what we did (Barbara Castle Quotes)