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" I loathe and detest all this trivialisation of politics. "
Ken Livingstone
Politics
Loathe
Detest
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" I am not against Israel, I am against Zionists. "
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" When I was leader of the GLC, by the time I had been in control for three years, the difference in pay between the cleaner and the director general was a four-to-one ratio. I find that attractive. "
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" My administration will tackle these issues in consultation with the black communities of London. "
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" You lose power in Britain and you are just Joe Public again. "
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" Politics is not a healthy lifestyle. "
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" The truth is, no one pays more tax than they have to. "
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Tax
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" If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it. "
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Voting
Changed
" I refuse not to have a sense of humour. "
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Sense
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" 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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" 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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Need
" If women had never been given the right to vote, then Labour would have won every election after the war. "
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Women
Vote
" Everyone changes all the time. "
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Changes
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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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Investment
Train
" When I'm sifting the compost seed or pruning, I argue over issues in my head; I talk to myself. "
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Argue
Myself
Seed
" Most kids don't get to go their parents' wedding. "
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Kids
Wedding
Parents
" The best way to demonstrate the values of a western democracy is you put Osama bin Laden on trial; you challenge what he says. "
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You
Best
Democracy
" I'm more interested in politicians who deal with human rights in their own country rather than lecture the rest of the world. "
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Own
Politicians
Rest
" I liked it when we had ugly politicians who droned on about issues. "
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About
Who
Ugly
" All the politics of the post-war period was about the clash between the Soviet Union and America, and virtually all issues ended up being subordinated to that. Now, the question is, what is the most a socialist can achieve in a global economy? "
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America
Achieve
Now
" I am a socialist, a believer in rational thought and the rule of law. "
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Rule Of Law
Rule
Thought
" Global warming could be solved by shifting three to four per cent of global GDP to pay for it. "
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Four
Global
Global Warming
" I've never declined to do an interview. "
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Never
Declined
Interview
" Jewish voters are not one homogenous block. "
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Jewish
Voters
Block
" 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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Baby
Tomorrow
Sleep
" Most politicians aren't allowed to express themselves any more. "
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Politicians
Most
More
" I spent the 1960s and 1970s seeking myself - the working-class tradition of self-education. "
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Seeking
Tradition
Spent
" I grew up in a house with very few books. "
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Books
House
" The press keep asking me, 'What was your biggest mistake?' But if I had made a big mistake, they'd all be writing about it, wouldn't they? "
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