Quotes About Tony Benn

The New York Times said, "There are two superpowers in the world: the United States and the world peace movement."

I think democracy is the most revolutionary thing in the world, because if you have power you use it to meet the needs of you and your community.

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.

The uncut diaries are 16 million words. It's very tiring to do your diary every night before you go to bed.

I really respect the work and speeches of Tony Benn. He was a powerful speaker with a huge heart.

The peace movement didn't stop the Iraq but I think that Blair would not be able to go along and support an Iranian war.

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

He referred to Aneurin Bevan as 'Urinal' Bevan. As for the working classes, they couldn't write their own names in shit on a lavatory wall. I said I thought they could.

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

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.