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Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.

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Tony Benn
Age: 88 †
Born: 1925
Born: April 3
Died: 2014
Died: March 14
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Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn
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The crisis that we inherit when we come to power will be the occasion for fundamental change and not the excuse for postponing it
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I'd rather die on my feet making a speech than die of Alzheimer's - and that's what I'm planning to do.
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There is good and bad in all of us and the Church uses the idea of original sin to control us by saying that, if we do not obey the bishops, we will rot in Hell.
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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 New York Times said, There are two superpowers in the world: the United States and the world peace movement.
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I think there are two ways in which people are controlled - first of all frighten people and secondly demoralize them.
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If ever I left the House of Commons it would be because I wanted to spend more time on politics.
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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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If one meets a powerful person--Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin or Bill Gates--ask them five questions: 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?
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The thought that my mother would suddenly be a foreigner would upset me very much.
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If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people.
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Bush is actually encouraging the spread of nuclear weapons because the one thing I do know is if Iran did have nuclear weapons they wouldn't be threatening them.
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The way a government treats refugees is very instructive.
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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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When I saw how the European Union was developing, it was very obvious what they had in mind was not democratic. In Britain, you vote for a government so the government has to listen to you, and if you don't like it you can change it.
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I don't want to commit myself in advocating a definite republican constitution which will get bogged down with the question of who would elect the President and when.
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If I were the American President I would rather be popular than have the power the destroy the world because however many puppets they have all over the Middle East - Saudi Arabia, Egypt and so on - they haven't got support from the people.
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A faith is something you die for a doctrine is something you kill for there is all the difference in the world.
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