Tony Benn Quotes about Politics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I have had the advantage of a radical Christian upbringing

Making mistakes is how you learn.

I am a public library

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

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

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 am not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner

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

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

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