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" I am a socialist, a believer in rational thought and the rule of law. "
Ken Livingstone
Rule Of Law
Rule
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" I swim three times a week. "
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" Most kids don't get to go their parents' wedding. "
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" I refuse not to have a sense of humour. "
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" Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help. "
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" I do explicitly see Jewish people as a people - not either a religion or an ethnicity but a people. "
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" If women had never been given the right to vote, then Labour would have won every election after the war. "
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" The truth is, no one pays more tax than they have to. "
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" I can easily lose myself emotionally in absolute Hollywood garbage. "
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" Working with the Jewish community is essential to me and what I stand for. "
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" I've always told the truth. I've often been wrong - but I've never knowingly lied. Not in public life. Because I don't see the need to. "
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" I'm an emotional person; I do occasionally shed a tear. "
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" Press TV is one of the few TV channels anywhere in the West that fairly presents the Palestinian case. "
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" I became a councillor back in 1971, so if by this stage in politics I'm making lots of big mistakes, then I shouldn't be here. "
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" You lose power in Britain and you are just Joe Public again. "
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" I'm never going to take the view that I should say whatever I need to say in order to achieve something. Because that implies a level of dishonesty. "
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" I spent the 1960s and 1970s seeking myself - the working-class tradition of self-education. "
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" I never came into life with any favours or privileges. "
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Came
Never
" I liked it when we had ugly politicians who droned on about issues. "
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Ugly
" I have met the people who run the world, and I am not in awe of them. "
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World
Awe
" Everyone changes all the time. "
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Changes
Time
" Polling in a general election is pretty accurate, because turnout is usually high. "
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Because
Election
" I've always been a workaholic. I reckon, on average, I've had less than one day a year off in my working career. "
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Off
Always
Year
" If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it. "
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Voting
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" I have opened newspapers and read incredible lies. "
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Lies
Read
Incredible
" The market is a brilliant system for the exchange of goods and services, but it doesn't protect the environment unless it's regulated, it doesn't train your workforce unless it's regulated, and it doesn't give you the long-term investment you want. "
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Environment
Investment
Train
" I have only ever borrowed money for investment. I have been sound money all my life. "
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Life
My Life
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" I loathe and detest all this trivialisation of politics. "
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Detest
" I Kenneth Robert Livingstone, having been elected to the office of mayor of London, declare that I take that office upon myself, and will duly and faithfully fulfil the duties of it to the best of my judgement and ability. "
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Best
Office
" I can only admire people who I have never met and are dead - because you know so much about anyone who is alive. "
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