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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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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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When we have a majority we will do it. I think the days of the Lords are quite genuinely numbered.
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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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There is no moral difference between a stealth bomber and a suicide bomber. Both kill innocent people for political reasons.
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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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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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I've made every mistake - but mistakes are how you learn.
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People in debt become hopeless and hopeless people don't vote. They always say that that everyone should vote but I think that if the poor in Britain or the United States turned out and voted for people that represented their interests there would be a real democratic revolution.
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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'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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