“I think there are two ways in which people are controlled. First of all frighten people and secondly, demoralise them.”
Tony Benn“I think if you're going to be committed to doing anything, you really have to care about it, and I suppose that is a romantic idea.”
Tony Benn“A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world.”
Tony Benn“I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics.”
Tony Benn“The Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin's Russia: it's like blaming Jesus Christ for the Inquisition in Spain.”
Tony Benn“If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people.”
Tony Benn“I think there are two ways in which people are controlled. First of all frighten people and secondly, demoralise them.”
Tony Benn“Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment”
photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.“I lived for 15 years in Los Angeles, and I still can't believe that the handsomest man in the world, Cary Grant, and the greatest performer in the world, Fred Astaire, and Johnny Carson, one after another - they were all in my home at different times. I celebrated my 50th birthday with them. Unforgettable.”
Tony Bennett