Tony Benn
Tony Benn
Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, originally known as Anthony Wedgwood Benn or Wedgie Benn, but later as Tony Benn, was a British politician who was a Member of Parliamentfor 47 years between the 1950 and 2001 general elections and a Cabinet minister in the Labour governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan in the 1960s and 1970s. Originally a "moderate", he was identified as being on the party's hard left from the early 1980s, and was widely seen as a key...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 April 1925
moving wind politics
The Civil Service is a bit like a rusty weathercock. It moves with opinion then it stays where it is until another wind moves it in a different direction
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When you get to No 10, you've climbed there on a little ladder called 'the status quo'. And when you are there, the status quo looks very good
christian politics advantage
I have had the advantage of a radical Christian upbringing
believe tragedy politics
In the end, the tragedy of Harold Wilson was that you couldn't believe a word he said
library politics public-library
I am a public library
want politics more-time
I now want more time to devote to politics and more freedom to do so.
believe ideas politics
She believes in something. It is an old-fashioned idea
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Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters.
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I am not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner
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Some of the jam we thought was for tomorrow, we've already eaten
fundamentals politics excuse
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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In developing our industrial strategy for the period ahead, we have the benefit of much experience. Almost everything has been tried at least once
religious other-worlds politics
Marxism is now a world faith and must be allowed to enter into a continuous dialogue with other world faiths, including religious faiths
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We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.