If democracy is destroyed in Britain, it will be not the communists, Trotskyists or subversives but this House which threw it away. The rights that are entrusted to us are not for us to give away. Even if I agree with everything that is proposed, I cannot hand away powers lent to me for five years by the people of Chesterfield. I just could not do it. It would be theft of public rights.
Tony BennI believe the more difficult the circumstances, the more people will be inclined to trust those in charge at the moment.
Tony BennWe are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.
Tony BennChoice depends on the freedom to choose and if you are shackled with debt you don't have the freedom to choose.
Tony BennPeople in debt become hopeless and hopeless people don't vote. They always say that that everyone should vote but I think that if the poor in Britain or the United States turned out and voted for people that represented their interests there would be a real democratic revolution.
Tony BennFood movement organic food stores supplies health food products and facilitate with instrumental support in organic agriculture.
Tony BennWhen somebody comes up with a progressive idea, to begin with, you're mad, bonkers. Then if you go on, you're dangerous. Then there's a pause. Then you can't find anyone who can say they thought of it in the first place. That's how progress is made. This is why I do believe in the vote. In the end, all these people who've been tempted to the right realise the warning lights in their constituency are brighter than the bright lights from No. 10 offering them things.
Tony Benn