I think if journalists were responsible for international policy we'd have a nuclear war every week. Tony Benn More Quotes by Tony Benn More Quotes From Tony Benn The people who have sacrificed their view in order to get to the top have very often left no footprints in the sands of time. Tony Benn views order people Britain's continuing membership of the Community would mean the end of Britain as a completely self-governing nation... Tony Benn community self mean Choice depends on the freedom to choose and if you are shackled with debt you don't have the freedom to choose. Tony Benn freedom-to-choose debt choices The thought that my mother would suddenly be a foreigner would upset me very much. Tony Benn foreigners upset mother The 1973 Labour Conference will have before it the most radical programme the Party has prepared since 1945. Tony Benn conferences radical party There is good and bad in all of us and the Church uses the idea of original sin to control us by saying that, if we do not obey the bishops, we will rot in Hell. Tony Benn bishops church ideas At the end of my life, I was told to vote for it for pensioners; I' m not in favour of means tests for pensioners or anybody. Tony Benn my-life end vote life My filing system is messy but orderly. Tony Benn system filing orderly messy My day rotates around my family. I am very lucky. Tony Benn i-am day family lucky I can't go to bed if I haven't done my diary. I always record them just as I've always recorded all my interviews and speeches. Tony Benn diary go always 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. Tony Benn feel moment you death 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 me you age morning 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. Tony Benn family politics business time The uncut diaries are 16 million words. It's very tiring to do your diary every night before you go to bed. Tony Benn words go you night 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. Tony Benn feel great life people
