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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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All war represents a failure of diplomacy.
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I now want more time to devote to politics and more freedom to do so.
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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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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 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 think there are two ways in which people are controlled - first of all frighten people and secondly demoralize them.
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I'm a democrat - I don't support Bush, I don't support Blair, I don't support Bin Laden.
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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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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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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've made every mistake - but mistakes are how you learn.
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