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Democratic Quotes by Tony Benn
- 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…
- If one meets a powerful person - Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin or Bill Gates - ask them five questions: 'What power have you got? Where…
- 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…
- Change from below, the formulation of demands from the populace to end unacceptable injustice, supported by direct action, has played a far larger part in…
- If the Queen can reject the advice of a minister on a little thing like a postage stamp, what would happen if she rejected the…
- If you cannot get rid of the people who govern you, you do not live in a democratic system.
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