Word: bevinism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...price of victory had been high for Britain. The price of peace might be higher still. How much could Ernie Bevin afford to pay? How much could he afford not to pay? Those questions would define the hostory of the next quarter-century...
...clear already that Ernie Bevin had not become the king's Foreign Secretary to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire. Socialist or no, Bevin meant to fight for the king's Empire. As always, he would drive a hard bargain. Above all, he would fight-as he had fought last week in UNO, for a way of dealing with Russia that did not involve giving in to every Russian demand...
...things that divide Russia from Great Britain could not be expressed in old terms of Empire alone. Bevin is not ridden by doctrines and dogmas, but he has a fierce hatred of Communism. He knows Communism inside out, for he has fought it and crushed it within Transport House. Last week, when Soviet President Kalinin denounced Europe's "reactionary Socialists" and their false devotion to democracy, Bevin knew that Kalinin put his name at the top of the list. Bevin understands that the gap between Russia and the West is really unbridgeable so long as Russia defines democracy...
...Bevin is no Utopian internationalist. He is fighting for one world, but he is also fighting for king & country. With this sane and simple paradox-which is as sane and simple as Ernie Bevin-he had captured the imagination of millions who believe firmly in both nationalism and world government. Many saw him suddenly as the great defender of the West. To some extent he was-though capitalists who counted on Bevin to preserve the West of free enterprise were likely to find some day that they had bought a large and ferocious pig in a poke. Bevin believes with...
...Ernie Bevin's philosophy, liberty and socialism do not contradict each other. His early poverty had led him to prize economic security above economic opportunity. Britain's waning power after two wars persuaded Bevin and his countrymen that sovereignty must be bent to fit a pattern of world order. They knew also that UNO could not be built on a foundation of immoral compromises with expediency. As Britain's ancient strength declined, its ancient principles must take, at least in part, the place of power...