183 Quotes by Tony Benn

Democracy is not just voting every 5 years and watching ‘Big Brother’ in between and wondering why nothing happens. Democracy is what we do and say where we live and work.

Clement Attlee, who looked like a sadistic sanitary inspector...

It is obvious I shall have to abandon my hopes of getting the Queen’s head off the stamps.

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

I did not enter the Labour Party 47 years ago to have our manifesto written by Dr Mori, Dr Gallup and Mr Harris.

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

If the Queen can reject the advice of a minister on a little thing like a postage stamp, what would happen if she rejected the advice of the Prime Minister on a major matter? If the Crown personally can reject advice, then, of course, the whole democratic facade turns out to be false.

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

I am a public library.