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Tony Benn quotes: The way a government treats refugees is very instructive ... The way a government treats refugees is very instructive ...
Tony Benn quotes: I believe the more difficult the circumstances, the more people will be inclined to trust those in charge at the moment. I believe the more difficult the circumstances, the more people will be inclined to trust those in charge at the moment.
Tony Benn quotes: Choice depends on the freedom to choose and if you are shackled with debt you don't have the freedom to choose. Choice depends on the freedom to choose and if you are shackled with debt you don't have the freedom to choose.
Tony Benn quotes: An educated, healthy and confident nation is harder to govern. An educated, healthy and confident nation is harder to govern.
Tony Benn quotes: When you get to No 10, you've climbed there on a little ladder called 'the status quo'. And when you are there, the status quo looks very good When you get to No 10, you've climbed there on a little ladder called 'the status quo'. And when you are there, the status quo looks very good
Tony Benn quotes: I think there are two ways in which people are controlled. First of all frighten people and secondly, demoralise them. I think there are two ways in which people are controlled. First of all frighten people and secondly, demoralise them.
Tony Benn quotes: The one thing that is absolutely essential is that there shouldn't be any governmental control [of the media] directly or indirectly. The one thing that is absolutely essential is that there shouldn't be any governmental control [of the media] directly or indirectly.
Tony Benn quotes: When we have a majority we will do it. I think the days of the Lords are quite genuinely numbered. When we have a majority we will do it. I think the days of the Lords are quite genuinely numbered.
Tony Benn quotes: A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world. A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world.
Tony Benn quotes: [I am against] the Treaty of Rome which entrenches laissez faire as its philosophy and chooses bureaucracy as its administrative method. [I am against] the Treaty of Rome which entrenches laissez faire as its philosophy and chooses bureaucracy as its administrative method.
Tony Benn quotes: I've had a very full life, and I've enjoyed it very much. I've learned a great deal and feel indebted to all the people who have worked so hard. I've had a very full life, and I've enjoyed it very much. I've learned a great deal and feel indebted to all the people who have worked so hard.
Tony Benn quotes: I think democracy is the most revolutionary thing in the world ... .because if you have power you use it to meet the needs of you and your community. I think democracy is the most revolutionary thing in the world ... .because if you have power you use it to meet the needs of you and your community.
Tony Benn quotes: The Tory party is the enemy of democracy. The Tory party is the enemy of democracy.
Tony Benn quotes: The people who have sacrificed their view in order to get to the top have very often left no footprints in the sands of time. The people who have sacrificed their view in order to get to the top have very often left no footprints in the sands of time.
Tony Benn quotes: Clement Attlee, who looked like a sadistic sanitary inspector... Clement Attlee, who looked like a sadistic sanitary inspector...
Tony Benn quotes: Encouragement is the most important thing in the world for young people, rather than league tables, which demoralise everyone. Encouragement is the most important thing in the world for young people, rather than league tables, which demoralise everyone.
Tony Benn quotes: Marxism is now a world faith and must be allowed to enter into a continuous dialogue with other world faiths, including religious faiths Marxism is now a world faith and must be allowed to enter into a continuous dialogue with other world faiths, including religious faiths
Tony Benn quotes: An MP is the only job where you have 70,000 employers, and only one employee. An MP is the only job where you have 70,000 employers, and only one employee.
Tony Benn quotes: Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters. Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters.
Tony Benn quotes: The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians. The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.
Tony Benn quotes: The 1973 Labour Conference will have before it the most radical programme the Party has prepared since 1945. The 1973 Labour Conference will have before it the most radical programme the Party has prepared since 1945.
Tony Benn quotes: Food movement organic food stores supplies health food products and facilitate with instrumental support in organic agriculture. Food movement organic food stores supplies health food products and facilitate with instrumental support in organic agriculture.
Tony Benn quotes: Thanks to the tabloid campaigns I have many death threats and I was very pleased to get another one the other day. Thanks to the tabloid campaigns I have many death threats and I was very pleased to get another one the other day.
Tony Benn quotes: When you think of the number of men in the world who hate each other, why, when two men love each other, does the church split? When you think of the number of men in the world who hate each other, why, when two men love each other, does the church split?
Tony Benn quotes: There is no moral difference between a Stealth bomber and a suicide bomber. They both kill innocent people for political reasons. There is no moral difference between a Stealth bomber and a suicide bomber. They both kill innocent people for political reasons.
Tony Benn quotes: It is obvious I shall have to abandon my hopes of getting the Queen's head off the stamps. It is obvious I shall have to abandon my hopes of getting the Queen's head off the stamps.
Tony Benn quotes: The flag of radicalism which has been hoisted in Wolverhampton is beginning to look like the one that fluttered 25 years ago over Dachau and Belsen The flag of radicalism which has been hoisted in Wolverhampton is beginning to look like the one that fluttered 25 years ago over Dachau and Belsen
Tony Benn quotes: If you file your waste-paper basket for fifty years, you have a public library. If you file your waste-paper basket for fifty years, you have a public library.
Tony Benn quotes: After fifteen years I have decided to resign my membership of the Dennis The Menace Fanclub. Itbrought me no benefits worth mentioning. After fifteen years I have decided to resign my membership of the Dennis The Menace Fanclub. It
brought me no benefits worth mentioning.
Tony Benn quotes: She believes in something. It is an old-fashioned idea She believes in something. It is an old-fashioned idea
Tony Benn quotes: I now want more time to devote to politics and more freedom to do so. I now want more time to devote to politics and more freedom to do so.
Tony Benn quotes: The crisis that we inherit when we come to power will be the occasion for fundamental change and not the excuse for postponing it The crisis that we inherit when we come to power will be the occasion for fundamental change and not the excuse for postponing it
Tony Benn quotes: My day rotates around my family. I am very lucky. My day rotates around my family. I am very lucky.
Tony Benn quotes: If ever I left the House of Commons it would be because I wanted to spend more time on politics. If ever I left the House of Commons it would be because I wanted to spend more time on politics.
Tony Benn quotes: Through me the energy policy of the whole Common Market is being held up. Without opening old wounds, it pleases me no end. Through me the energy policy of the whole Common Market is being held up. Without opening old wounds, it pleases me no end.
Tony Benn quotes: I was stunned with outrage. I was stunned with outrage.
Tony Benn quotes: If I rescued a child from drowning, the press would no doubt headline the story: 'Benn grabs child If I rescued a child from drowning, the press would no doubt headline the story: 'Benn grabs child
Tony Benn quotes: It is tempting to deny, but if you deny you confirm what you won't deny. It is tempting to deny, but if you deny you confirm what you won't deny.
Tony Benn quotes: Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence. Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence.
Tony Benn quotes: I'd rather die on my feet making a speech than die of Alzheimer's - and that's what I'm planning to do. I'd rather die on my feet making a speech than die of Alzheimer's - and that's what I'm planning to do.
Tony Benn quotes: It is wholly wrong to blame Marx for what was done in his name, as it is to blame Jesus for what was done in his It is wholly wrong to blame Marx for what was done in his name, as it is to blame Jesus for what was done in his
Tony Benn quotes: Making mistakes is how you learn. Making mistakes is how you learn.
Tony Benn quotes: Britain is the only colony in the British Empire and it is up to us now to liberate ourselves. Britain is the only colony in the British Empire and it is up to us now to liberate ourselves.
Tony Benn quotes: Middle class Labour leaders are recaptured by the establishment when they die. Middle class Labour leaders are recaptured by the establishment when they die.
Tony Benn quotes: I am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a strong radical bias. I am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a strong radical bias.
Tony Benn quotes: What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of you
Tony Benn quotes: I don't make mistakes. I make predictions which immediately turn out to be wrong. I don't make mistakes. I make predictions which immediately turn out to be wrong.
Tony Benn quotes: Workers are not going to be fobbed off with a few shares ... or by a carbon copy of the German system of co-determination. Workers are not going to be fobbed off with a few shares ... or by a carbon copy of the German system of co-determination.
Tony Benn quotes: I can't go to bed if I haven't done my diary. I always record them just as I've always recorded all my interviews and speeches. I can't go to bed if I haven't done my diary. I always record them just as I've always recorded all my interviews and speeches.
Tony Benn quotes: When I think of Cool Britannia I think of old people dying of hypothermia. When I think of Cool Britannia I think of old people dying of hypothermia.
Tony Benn quotes: I am a public library I am a public library
Tony Benn quotes: The uncut diaries are 16 million words. It's very tiring to do your diary every night before you go to bed. The uncut diaries are 16 million words. It's very tiring to do your diary every night before you go to bed.
Tony Benn quotes: If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people. If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people.
Tony Benn quotes: Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure. Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.
Tony Benn quotes: Some of the jam we thought was for tomorrow, we've already eaten Some of the jam we thought was for tomorrow, we've already eaten
Tony Benn quotes: I think very often the boat-rockers turn out to be the people who are building the craft I think very often the boat-rockers turn out to be the people who are building the craft
Tony Benn quotes: I've made every mistake - but mistakes are how you learn. I've made every mistake - but mistakes are how you learn.
Tony Benn quotes: Britain's continuing membership of the Community would mean the end of Britain as a completely self-governing nation Britain's continuing membership of the Community would mean the end of Britain as a completely self-governing nation
Tony Benn quotes: On the National Executive sat Charles Clarke, looking like a rather manky chimpanzee with his unkempt beard, jug ears and his air of surly aggression. On the National Executive sat Charles Clarke, looking like a rather manky chimpanzee with his unkempt beard, jug ears and his air of surly aggression.
Tony Benn quotes: The Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin's Russia: it's like blaming Jesus Christ for the Inquisition in Spain. The Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin's Russia: it's like blaming Jesus Christ for the Inquisition in Spain.
Tony Benn quotes: The thought that my mother would suddenly be a foreigner would upset me very much. The thought that my mother would suddenly be a foreigner would upset me very much.
Tony Benn quotes: Howay yabastaaz I'll t-t-take the f-f-fuckin lorrayaz! Am fuckin al reet me man. Why aye! Howay yabastaaz I'll t-t-take the f-f-fuckin lorrayaz! Am fuckin al reet me man. Why aye!
Tony Benn quotes: At the end of my life, I was told to vote for it for pensioners; I' m not in favour of means tests for pensioners or anybody. At the end of my life, I was told to vote for it for pensioners; I' m not in favour of means tests for pensioners or anybody.
Tony Benn quotes: The Internet is only the street corner meeting on a big scale The Internet is only the street corner meeting on a big scale
Tony Benn quotes: I did not enter the Labour Party 47 years ago to have our manifesto written by Dr Mori, Dr Gallup and Mr Harris I did not enter the Labour Party 47 years ago to have our manifesto written by Dr Mori, Dr Gallup and Mr Harris
Tony Benn quotes: Undoubtedly the war with Iraq was a tragedy. I think it was also a crime. Undoubtedly the war with Iraq was a tragedy. I think it was also a crime.
Tony Benn quotes: I have had the advantage of a radical Christian upbringing I have had the advantage of a radical Christian upbringing
Tony Benn quotes: We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values. We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.
Tony Benn quotes: The Labour party has never been a socialist party, although there have always been socialists in it - a bit like Christians in the Church of England. The Labour party has never been a socialist party, although there have always been socialists in it - a bit like Christians in the Church of England.
Tony Benn quotes: I pledge no fudge of compromise', said Arthur Scargill, 'and no carrots of redundancy'. That would make a nice epitaph for him. 'He pledged no fudge'. I pledge no fudge of compromise', said Arthur Scargill, 'and no carrots of redundancy'. That would make a nice epitaph for him. 'He pledged no fudge'.
Tony Benn quotes: The exhaustion of old age is something people who are younger don't fully appreciate. The exhaustion of old age is something people who are younger don't fully appreciate.
Tony Benn quotes: All war represents a failure of diplomacy. All war represents a failure of diplomacy.
Tony Benn quotes: I think if you're going to be committed to doing anything, you really have to care about it, and I suppose that is a romantic idea. I think if you're going to be committed to doing anything, you really have to care about it, and I suppose that is a romantic idea.
Tony Benn quotes: I am not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner I am not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner
Tony Benn quotes: The Prime Minister keeps me on around here because I make him look good. The Prime Minister keeps me on around here because I make him look good.
Tony Benn quotes: My filing system is messy but orderly. My filing system is messy but orderly.
Tony Benn quotes: In developing our industrial strategy for the period ahead, we have the benefit of much experience. Almost everything has been tried at least once In developing our industrial strategy for the period ahead, we have the benefit of much experience. Almost everything has been tried at least once
Tony Benn quotes: In the end, the tragedy of Harold Wilson was that you couldn't believe a word he said In the end, the tragedy of Harold Wilson was that you couldn't believe a word he said

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