- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.
- Ignore
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
All war represents a failure of diplomacy.
- Galloping
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- Nov 07, 2020
Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence.
- Jesus Christ
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin's Russia: it's like blaming Jesus Christ for the Inquisition in Spain.
- Messy
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- Nov 07, 2020
My filing system is messy but orderly.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
My day rotates around my family. I am very lucky.
- Diary
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Making mistakes is part of life. The only things I would feel ashamed of would be if I had said things I hadn't believed in order to get on. Some politicians do do that.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not frightened about death. I don't know why, but I just feel that at a certain moment your switch is switched off, and that's it. And you can't do anything about it.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Someone comes every morning at nine o'clock to see if I am still alive. I do get lonely, yes, but I have the children who come and see me. I see all my children every week, and there are the grandchildren, too.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Age does take it out of you, and I haven't the energy I had before. Sometimes I have breakfast and sit in this chair, and I wake up and it is lunchtime. In the past, the idea of sleeping through a morning would have horrified me, but you have to accept the limitations that old age imposes on you.
- Appreciate
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- Nov 07, 2020
The exhaustion of old age is something people who are younger don't fully appreciate.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Normally, people give up parliament because they want to do more business or spend more time with family. My wife said 'why don't you say you're giving up to devote more time to politics?'. And it is what I have done.
- Diary
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- Nov 07, 2020
The uncut diaries are 16 million words. It's very tiring to do your diary every night before you go to bed.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had a very full life, and I've enjoyed it very much. I've learned a great deal and feel indebted to all the people who have worked so hard.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics.
- Devote
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- Nov 07, 2020
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. People don't feel anyone listens to them.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe the more difficult the circumstances, the more people will be inclined to trust those in charge at the moment.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020