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

~Tony Benn

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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.

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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.

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I've got four lovely children, ten lovely grandchildren, and I left parliament to devote more time to politics, and I think that what is really going on in Britain is a growing sense of alienation. People don't feel anyone listens to them.

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I've been a member of the Labour Party sixty five years, and I remain in it, but I think it's all about campaigning for justice and peace, and if you do that, you get a lot of support.

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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.

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I believe the more difficult the circumstances, the more people will be inclined to trust those in charge at the moment.

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I've made every mistake - but mistakes are how you learn.

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You have to try to build support around causes. It is uniting to campaign on a single issue, and it is never just a single issue; it's always more than that.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Politician

Born: April 3rd, 1925

Died: March 14th, 2014

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