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I am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a strong radical bias.

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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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The Tory party is the enemy of democracy.
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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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Some of the jam we thought was for tomorrow, we've already eaten
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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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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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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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The one thing that is absolutely essential is that there shouldn't be any governmental control [of the media] directly or indirectly.
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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 not surprising that more and more people are coming to the conclusion that the ballot box is no longer an instrument that will secure political solutions... They can see that the parliamentary democracy we boast of is becoming a sham.
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I've made every mistake - but mistakes are how you learn.
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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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Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters.
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The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.
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There is no final victory, as there is no final defeat. There is just the same battle. To be fought, over and over again. So toughen up, bloody toughen up.
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It's lovely to be old. I've got age, experience and zero personal ambition. No body could corrupt me by anything: possibly a job in the government, a peerage, a quango, I don't want any of it.
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I now want more time to devote to politics and more freedom to do so.
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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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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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It's the same each time with progress. First they ignore you, then they say you're mad, then dangerous, then there's a pause and then you can't find anyone who disagrees with you.
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Cabinet members are soon overwhelmed by the insistent demands of running their departments. On the whole, a period in high office consumers intellectual capital it does not create it....The less ministers know at the outset, the more dependent they are on the only sources of available knowledge the permanent officials.
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