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Tony Benn
Age: 88 †
Born: 1925
Born: April 3
Died: 2014
Died: March 14
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Former Member Of The European Parliament
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Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn
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There may be a legal obligation to obey, but there will be no moral obligation to obey. When it comes to history, it will be the people who broke the law for freedom who will be remembered and honoured.
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Britain's continuing membership of the Community would mean the end of Britain as a completely self-governing nation...
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The Civil Service is a bit like a rusty weathercock. It moves with opinion then it stays where it is until another wind moves it in a different direction
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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
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I have had the advantage of a radical Christian upbringing
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The First World War created the Second World War because that was a war between three grandsons of Queen Victoria: The King of England, the Kaiser and the Tsar married Queen Victoria's granddaughter. And that triggered Communism in Russia and Fascism in Germany and led to the Second World War.
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Through me the energy policy of the whole Common Market is being held up. Without opening old wounds, it pleases me no end.
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It is tempting to deny, but if you deny you confirm what you won't deny.
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Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence.
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The flag of racialism which has been hoisted in Wolverhampton is beginning to look like the one that fluttered 25 years ago over Dachau and Belsen.
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Democracy is not just voting every 5 years and watching 'Big Brother' in between and wondering why nothing happens. Democracy is what we do and say where we live and work
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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?
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If I rescued a child from drowning, the press would no doubt headline the story: 'Benn grabs child
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The quickest way to get to the top in society probably is to be a Blair Babe now. And then all of a sudden you find you're invited to parties. I don't want to be cynical, because I'm not. But I've seen it happen to so many people who move from the left to the right so damn quickly.
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There is no moral difference between a stealth bomber and a suicide bomber. Both kill innocent people for political reasons.
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The present combination of corporate or commercial control theoretically answerable to politically appointed Boards of Governors is not in any sense a democratic enough procedure to control the power the broadcasters have.
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The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.
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I believe the more difficult the circumstances, the more people will be inclined to trust those in charge at the moment.
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My alternative to American superpower is the UN and I might add when China becomes the worlds greatest superpower you will need it too.
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The peace movement here is the biggest thing in human history.
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