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Barbara Castle Quotes

Barbara Castle quotes

British Politician October 6, 1910 – May 3, 2002

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He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother had been down the pit, and of course he would go down the pit. Barbara Castle
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
It was very much a cry for democratic control at that time. Above all, breaking the accomplished power of a few people to rule the lives of everybody else. Barbara Castle
It might have been offset for us if the revenue from our own oil and natural gas that was just developing had been available to the Labor Government, but the oil revenues were just coming in when Labor fell in '79. Barbara Castle
Barbara Castle quote: "That was not what men and women fought for during the war."
That was not what men and women fought for during the war. Barbara Castle
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
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
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
Barbara Castle quote: "I remember people who'd had a lot of hardship during the war...."
I remember people who'd had a lot of hardship during the war. They'd thought we'd won. Barbara Castle
Barbara Castle quote: "And what always struck me about that war period was how even..."
And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people's morale. Barbara Castle
Barbara Castle quote: "Those were the ideals that drove us to nationalization of the..."
Those were the ideals that drove us to nationalization of the health service. Barbara Castle
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
Barbara Castle quote: "Why not pool your resources? And so we broke into the concept..."
Why not pool your resources? And so we broke into the concept of the sacredness of private property. Barbara Castle
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
Barbara Castle quote: "And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for..."
And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for controlling the commanding heights will grow. Barbara Castle

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