Words matter. These are the best Tony Benn Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I believe the more difficult the circumstances, the more people will be inclined to trust those in charge at the moment.
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.
I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics.
Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters.
You have to try to build support around causes. It is uniting to campaign on a single issue, and it is never just a single issue; it’s always more than that.
We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.
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.
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.
I’ve been a member of the Labour Party sixty five years, and I remain in it, but I think it’s all about campaigning for justice and peace, and if you do that, you get a lot of support.
I’ve made every mistake – but mistakes are how you learn.
My filing system is messy but orderly.
I’ve got four lovely children, ten lovely grandchildren, and I left parliament to devote more time to politics, and I think that what is really going on in Britain is a growing sense of alienation. People don’t feel anyone listens to them.
I am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a strong radical bias.
A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world.
I’ve had a very full life, and I’ve enjoyed it very much. I’ve learned a great deal and feel indebted to all the people who have worked so hard.
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.
The exhaustion of old age is something people who are younger don’t fully appreciate.
