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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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No medieval monarch in the whole of British history ever had such power as every modern British Prime Minister has in his or her hands. Nor does any American President have power approaching this
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Some of the jam we thought was for tomorrow, we've already eaten
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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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The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.
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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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The peace movement didn't stop the Iraq but I think that Blair would not be able to go along and support an Iranian war.
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It is tempting to deny, but if you deny you confirm what you won't deny.
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If you want your debt lifted you've got to sell your school and your hospitals.
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I've made every mistake - but mistakes are how you learn.
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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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There is no connection between imperialism and democracy. I mean when we ran an Empire which we did when I was born, there was no democracy anywhere.
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An educated, healthy and confident nation is harder to govern.
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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 democracy is ever to be threatened, it will not be by revolutionary groups burning government offices and occupying the broadcasting and newspaper offices of the world. It will come from disenchantment, cynicism and despair caused by the realisation that the New World Order means we are all to be managed and not represented.
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I do not share the general view that market forces are the basis for political liberty. Every time I see a homeless person living in a cardboard box in London, I see that person as a victim of market forces. Everytime I see a pensioner who cannot manage, I know that he is a victim of market forces
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Britain is the only colony in the British Empire and it is up to us now to liberate ourselves.
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The way a government treats refugees is very instructive.
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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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If you're going to make sense of politics you have to have a historical perspective and also recognise that you have to work with people you don't agree with.
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It is obvious I shall have to abandon my hopes of getting the Queen's head off the stamps.
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