Tony benn

I believe the more difficult the circumstances, the more people will be inclined to trust those in charge at the moment.

I can't go to bed if I haven't done my diary. I always record them just as I've always recorded all my interviews and speeches.

At the end of my life, I was told to vote for it for pensioners; I' m not in favour of means tests for pensioners or anybody.

I've been a member of the Labour Party sixty five years, and I remain in it, but I think it's all about campaigning for justice and peace, and if you do that, you get a lot of support.

The uncut diaries are 16 million words. It's very tiring to do your diary every night before you go to bed.

The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.

I've got four lovely children, ten lovely grandchildren, and I left parliament to devote more time to politics, and I think that what is really going on in Britain is a growing sense of alienation....

Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters.

It's the same each time with progress. First they ignore you, then they say you're mad, then dangerous, then there's a pause and then you can't find anyone who disagrees with you.

Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence.