Tony Benn Quotes (19 Quotes)

We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.

The anti-war movement now represents a majority in the country.

I did not enter the Labour Party forty-seven years ago to have our manifesto written by Dr. Mori, Dr. Gallup and Mr. Harris.

A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world.

It is tempting to deny, but if you deny you confirm what you won't deny.

Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters.

I am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a strong radical bias.

The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.

Whenever a Concorde flies, people look at it, it's very graceful, it's very beautiful, it is a symbol of peace and international understanding.

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.

We would be told that it had been done to uphold the principles of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) - an argument that does not stand up to a moment's examination,

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

If you file your waste-paper basket for fifty years, you have a public library.

What's important is the people who have come on the march. We have built relationships with Muslims, Jews, Christians, blacks, whites. We want to dismiss the idea that it's a religious war, which it isn't.

It's a good question why this bill passed through the Commons so easily, but perhaps lawyers in the House of Lords can cause enough anxiety for them to send it back to the Commons for better consideration.

It is an absolute disgrace. You can't bug anyone's telephone without a warrant, which is express written consent personally signed by the Home Secretary. Why should you have less protection over the Internet

It's the same each time with progress. First they ignore you, then they say you're mad, then dangerous, then there's a pause and then you can't find anyone who disagrees with you.

Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence.