I Have Had The Advantage

When 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.

A Faith Is Something You Die For; A Doctrine Is Something You Kill For; There Is All The Difference In The World.

If The Queen Can Reject The Advice Of A Minister On A Little Thing Like A Postage Stamp, What Would Happen If She Rejected The Advice Of The Prime Minister On A Major Matter? If The Crown Personally Can Reject Advice, Then, Of Course, The Whole Democratic Facade Turns Out To Be False

It Would Be As Unthinkable To Try To Construct The Labour Party Without Marx As It Would To Be To Establish University Faculties Of Astronomy,anthropology Or Psychology Without Permitting The Study Of Copernicus, Darwin Or Freud, And Still Expect Such Faculties To Be Taken Seriously

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?