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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.
Tony Benn
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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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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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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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