Tony Benn Politics Quotations

A faith is something you die for; a doctrine is something you kill for; there is all the difference in the world

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

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

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

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

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

I have had the advantage of a radical Christian upbringing

In the end, the tragedy of Harold Wilson was that you couldn't believe a word he said

I am a public library

I now want more time to devote to politics and more freedom to do so.

She believes in something. It is an old-fashioned idea

I am not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner

Some of the jam we thought was for tomorrow, we've already eaten

The crisis that we inherit when we come to power will be the occasion for fundamental change and not the excuse for postponing it

In developing our industrial strategy for the period ahead, we have the benefit of much experience. Almost everything has been tried at least once

Marxism is now a world faith and must be allowed to enter into a continuous dialogue with other world faiths, including religious faiths

Through talk, we tamed kings, restrained tyrants, averted revolution

Making mistakes is how you learn.

Hope is the fuel of progress and fear is the prison in which you put yourself.

If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people.