Ken Livingstone Professions : Former Mayor of LondonBorn : June 17, 1945 Browse All Authors Top 105 quotes by Ken Livingstone I have no interest in managing my financial affairs. Ken Livingstone affairfinancialinterest I grew up in a house with very few books. Ken Livingstone grew-uphousebook I go all around London advocating lesbian and gay rights. Ken Livingstone londongayrights Working with the Jewish community is essential to me and what I stand for. I do explicitly see Jewish people as a people - not either a religion or an ethnicity but a people. The Tories take Jewish London for granted. I will not. Ken Livingstone ethnicitypeople I am not against Israel, I am against Zionists. Ken Livingstone zionistisrael I refuse not to have a sense of humour. Ken Livingstone humourrefuse If women had never been given the right to vote, then Labour would have won every election after the war. Ken Livingstone electionvotewar I loathe and detest all this trivialisation of politics. Ken Livingstone loathedetest Consultation is a good thing when people agree with you, and a waste of time when people don't agree with you Ken Livingstone wastepoliticspeople The truth is, no one pays more tax than they have to. Ken Livingstone taxestruth-ispay If Voting Changed Anything They'd Abolish It Ken Livingstone democracies-havevotingpolitical Polling in a general election is pretty accurate, because turnout is usually high. Ken Livingstone pollingaccurateelection If you are running a city you must focus on day-to-day problems. Ken Livingstone focuscitiesrunning I feel a degree of regret that Marshall did not push on and say 'abolish the GLC' because I think it would have been a major saving and would have released massive resources for productive use. Ken Livingstone degreesregretthinking The idea that the GLC should be abolished at a stroke is ill though out, undemocratic and will cost the people of London dear. Ken Livingstone costpeopleideas I don't just denounce suicide bombers. I denounce those governments which use indiscriminate slaughter to advance their foreign policy. Ken Livingstone bombersgovernmentsuicide What defines someone's music taste is their teens and early 20s. It's that combination of your sexual awakening and the music of the time, it fixes you forever. Ken Livingstone teensawakeningforever I'd love to write about my growing sexual awareness, but the press would turn it into something squalid. Ken Livingstone growingawarenesswriting If transport, housing and Olympic projects do not work, I will crawl away under a stone. Ken Livingstone transportprojectsstones Most kids dont get to go their parents wedding. Ken Livingstone parentkids
