British politician (1925-2014)
The Labour party believes in the traditional values of society--in the idea that we have responsibilities one to another and that we are not just greedy all the time, looking out only for ourselves. Without being personal, the philosophy that has been propagated over the past 10 years has been wicked and evil ... to set man against man, woman against woman and country against country and to build on nationalism and racism ... and all the damage that has been done by the Conservatives has been disgraceful.
TONY BENN
speech in the House of Commons, November 22, 1990
The idea that a dissenting minister has to resign every time his views are defeated is absurd because on that basis half the cabinet would resign every week and if an election were called those same ministers would have to urge voters to vote for the government from which they had just resigned.
TONY BENN
Letters to My Grandchildren