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From Quotes by Tony Benn
- Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence.
- It is government policy to phase out subsidies to nationalised industries. In line with this, the government hopes that the coal industry will be able…
- Well, it all began with Democracy. Before we had the vote all the power was in the hands of rich people. If you had money…
- Although socialism is widely held by the establishment to be outdated, the things that are most popular in British society today are little pockets of…
- If one meets a powerful person - Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin or Bill Gates - ask them five questions: 'What power have you got? Where…
- After the war people said, 'If you can plan for war, why can't you plan for peace?' When I was 17, I had a letter…
- 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…
- People would do well to ask themselves how many of their ambitions and aspirations derive from the type of economic system they inhabit and the…
- If I rescued a child from drowning, the press would no doubt headline the story: 'Benn grabs child
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