185 Quotes by Ken Livingstone

I’m more interested in politicians who deal with human rights in their own country rather than lecture the rest of the world.

Just because I am critical of the coalition doesn’t mean I am anti-English. I am just anti-scumbags.

I’ve never declined to do an interview.

I mean I get loads of money, all from different sources. You give it to your accountant. They manage it. But you pay corporation tax. If you’re then taking it out and spending it on yourself, you have to pay more.

The American agenda is sweeping everything before it, and although it’s not perfect, the EU is better on environmental issues. It’s a less rapacious form of capitalism.

We look to the left and to the right And we need help but nobody’s in sight Where is the man that we all need Tell him he’s to come and rescue me.

You can’t expect to work for the Daily Mail group and have the rest of society treat with you respect as a useful member of society, because you are not.

I think it’s much more important to keep people in work than have pay rises.

I can only admire people who I have never met and are dead – because you know so much about anyone who is alive.