I don't want to commit myself in advocating a definite republican constitution which will get bogged down with the question of who would elect the President and when.

After the war people said, 'If you can plan for war, why can't you plan for peace?' When I was 17, I had a letter from the government saying, 'Dear Mr. Benn, will you turn up when you're 17 1/2? We'll give you free food, free clothes, free training, free accommodation, and two shillings, ten pence a day to just kill Germans.' People said, well, if you can have full employment to kill people, why in God's name couldn't you have full employment and good schools, good hospitals, good houses?

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

There is no moral difference between a stealth bomber and a suicide bomber. Both kill innocent people for political reasons.

The Tory party is the enemy of democracy.

We used to have a War Office, but now we have a Ministry of Defence, nuclear bombs are now described as deterrents, innocent civilians killed in war are now described as collateral damage and military incompetence leading to US bombers killing British soldiers is cosily described as friendly fire. Those who are in favour of peace are described as mavericks and troublemakers, whereas the real militants are those who want the war.

America is now the dominant force and the only countervailing force is Europe.