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" I have only ever borrowed money for investment. I have been sound money all my life. "

Ken Livingstone

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" Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help. "

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" I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999. "

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" I was a weedy kid, not like one of those working-class men who can accommodate not being academically clever by physical strength and prowess. "

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" 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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" I grew up in a house with very few books. "

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" I can easily lose myself emotionally in absolute Hollywood garbage. "

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" I have opened newspapers and read incredible lies. "

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" The whole culture of my background was deeply Conservative. "

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" I've got people handling the media. I employ at the moment two people. No-one is paying income tax on the money they use to employ people. "

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" My administration will tackle these issues in consultation with the black communities of London. "

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" Global warming could be solved by shifting three to four per cent of global GDP to pay for it. "

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" Well, I get on with people who believe in something. "

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" The world is run by monsters and you have to deal with them. Some of them run countries, some of them run banks, some of them run news corporations. "

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" Give me the whole world to run and then I'll be happy. If tomorrow I was told I had to sort out the whole world's problems I'd sleep like a baby. "

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" Most kids don't get to go their parents' wedding. "

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" I could not cherish London and not value Jewish London. The contribution of Jews to London is immense - politically, economically, culturally, intellectually, philanthropically, artistically. "

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" 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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" I do explicitly see Jewish people as a people - not either a religion or an ethnicity but a people. "

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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 actually think the civil service, who are the malignancy at the heart of public life, have consciously prevented, talked ministers out of, made it difficult regulatory-wise, to allow more pressure on alternative energy sources to grow. "

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" I refuse not to have a sense of humour. "

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" I think democracy's undermined when those who own newspapers fill them with trivia rather than real issues. "

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" The civil service are risk averse. "

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" Yes, there are lots of individual exceptions. But no one has ever done a study about voting intention without ascertaining that the biggest determining factor is your income and your wealth. "

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" Every budget I have ever prepared has been balanced. "

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" If you are running a city you must focus on day-to-day problems. "

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" You lose power in Britain and you are just Joe Public again. "

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