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" The truth is, no one pays more tax than they have to. "
Ken Livingstone
Truth
Tax
Than
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" I refuse not to have a sense of humour. "
Ken Livingstone
Humour
Sense
Refuse
" 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. "
Ken Livingstone
Always
Life
Need
" I have opened newspapers and read incredible lies. "
Ken Livingstone
Lies
Read
Incredible
" I grew up in a house with very few books. "
Ken Livingstone
Few
Books
House
" 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. "
Ken Livingstone
Environment
Investment
Train
" Working with the Jewish community is essential to me and what I stand for. "
Ken Livingstone
Jewish
Community
Me
" I have met the people who run the world, and I am not in awe of them. "
Ken Livingstone
Who
World
Awe
" Psephology isn't a hate crime. "
Ken Livingstone
Hate
Crime
" My main income is from speaking. "
Ken Livingstone
Speaking
Main
Income
" The people I really most admire are Robert Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt. If you know someone, it is very hard to revere them. "
Ken Livingstone
You
Someone
People
" I loathe and detest all this trivialisation of politics. "
Ken Livingstone
Politics
Loathe
Detest
" I could not cherish London and not value Jewish London. The contribution of Jews to London is immense - politically, economically, culturally, intellectually, philanthropically, artistically. "
Ken Livingstone
Value
Cherish
Contribution
" Global warming could be solved by shifting three to four per cent of global GDP to pay for it. "
Ken Livingstone
Four
Global
Global Warming
" There needs to be radical development in equality law to create the environment to allow women to stay in work. "
Ken Livingstone
Women
Law
Work
" I came into politics because I wished to change things. You can't do that by lying to people; you have to educate, and persuade, and carry them with you - and it's often a long haul. "
Ken Livingstone
Change
You
Long
" 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. "
Ken Livingstone
Three
Control
Find
" 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. "
Ken Livingstone
Like
Strength
Who
" Press TV is one of the few TV channels anywhere in the West that fairly presents the Palestinian case. "
Ken Livingstone
Case
Press
Palestinian
" The whole culture of my background was deeply Conservative. "
Ken Livingstone
Conservative
Background
Culture
" You lose power in Britain and you are just Joe Public again. "
Ken Livingstone
Again
You
Lose
" My administration will tackle these issues in consultation with the black communities of London. "
Ken Livingstone
Will
Tackle
London
" There isn't much about my life that's been particularly conventional. "
Ken Livingstone
Much
Life
Been
" Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help. "
Ken Livingstone
Needs
Who
Anybody
" Most politicians aren't allowed to express themselves any more. "
Ken Livingstone
Politicians
Most
More
" 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. "
Ken Livingstone
Monsters
World
You
" 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. "
Ken Livingstone
Going
Need
Achieve
" I have only ever borrowed money for investment. I have been sound money all my life. "
Ken Livingstone
Life
My Life
Sound
" What do we do about climate change bearing down upon us? "
Ken Livingstone
Change
Climate Change
Down
" I liked it when we had ugly politicians who droned on about issues. "
Ken Livingstone
About
Who
Ugly
" Well, I mean, I'm very much a pragmatic person. "
Ken Livingstone
Much
Well
Mean