Top 30 Quotes by Tony Benn

About Tony Benn

These are some quotes by English author Tony Benn Politician, who lived between April 3, 1925 and March 14, 2014.

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

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

Tony Benn

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.

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.

Tony Benn

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

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

Tony Benn

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

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

Tony Benn

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.

Tony Benn

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 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.

Tony Benn

Making mistakes is part of life. The only things I would feel ashamed of would be if I had said things I hadn't believed in order to get on. Some politicians do do that.

Making mistakes is part of life. The only things I would feel ashamed of would be if I had said things I hadn't believed in order to get on. Some politicians do do that.

Tony Benn

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.

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.

Tony Benn

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

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

Tony Benn

The exhaustion of old age is something people who are younger don't fully appreciate.

The exhaustion of old age is something people who are younger don't fully appreciate.

Tony Benn

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