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Tony Benn
Tony Benn
English Politician
Born: Apr 3, 1925
Died: Mar 14, 2014
Am Every Life People Time You
Related authors: Anne Campbell Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton George Savile Harold MacMillan Jacob Rees-Mogg Kenneth Clarke William Cobbett William Wilberforce
Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence. Tony Benn
Today Suffering Obsolescence Galloping Britain
We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values. Tony Benn
Capitalism Change Values Society Define Finer Manage Just Here
At the end of my life, I was told to vote for it for pensioners; I' m not in favour of means tests for pensioners or anybody. Tony Benn
Life Vote My Life Favour Tests End Anybody Means
A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world. Tony Benn
Faith You World All The Difference Something Doctrine Die Difference
If you file your waste-paper basket for fifty years, you have a public library. Tony Benn
You Library Years Public Fifty Public Library Your File Basket
The Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin's Russia: it's like blaming Jesus Christ for the Inquisition in Spain. Tony Benn
Christ Nothing Analysis Inquisition Russia Blaming Marxist Like Got Happened Spain Stalin Jesus Jesus Christ
Making mistakes is part of life. The only things I would feel ashamed of would be if I had said things I hadn't believed in order to get on. Some politicians do do that. Tony Benn
Life Mistakes Making Mistakes Politicians Would Would-Be Some Only Had Part Feel Said Making Get Order Ashamed Believed Things
I'm not frightened about death. I don't know why, but I just feel that at a certain moment your switch is switched off, and that's it. And you can't do anything about it. Tony Benn
Death You About Feel Know Off Frightened Just Anything Certain Your Moment Switch Switched Why
Age does take it out of you, and I haven't the energy I had before. Sometimes I have breakfast and sit in this chair, and I wake up and it is lunchtime. In the past, the idea of sleeping through a morning would have horrified me, but you have to accept the limitations that old age imposes on you. Tony Benn
Morning Me You Age Sometimes Wake Up Old Past Before Sit Breakfast Old Age Energy Sleeping Out Would Horrified Through Take Had Idea Accept Limitations Does Wake Up In The Past Chair Lunchtime
Normally, people give up parliament because they want to do more business or spend more time with family. My wife said 'why don't you say you're giving up to devote more time to politics?'. And it is what I have done. Tony Benn
Politics Time Family You Business People Wife Giving Giving Up Spend Say Give More Parliament Devote Because Said Up Normally Done Want Why
The uncut diaries are 16 million words. It's very tiring to do your diary every night before you go to bed. Tony Benn
You Words Before Every Bed Go Diaries Diary Very Tiring Your Million Every Night Night
I think if you're going to be committed to doing anything, you really have to care about it, and I suppose that is a romantic idea. Tony Benn
You Care Think About Idea Suppose Doing Committed Going Romantic Anything Really

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