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

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That was not what men and women fought for during the war. ↗

— Barbara Castle

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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. ↗

— Barbara Castle

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Those were the ideals that drove us to nationalization of the health service. ↗

— Barbara Castle

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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

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Why not pool your resources? And so we broke into the concept of the sacredness of private property. ↗

— Barbara Castle

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You see, another reason for nationalization was that private ownership meant fragmentation. ↗

— Barbara Castle

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