Ken Livingstone quotes - page 3

I am a socialist, a believer in rational thought and the rule of law. (Ken Livingstone)
I actually think the civil service, who are the malignancy at the heart of public life, have consciously prevented, talked ministers out of, made it difficult regulatory-wise, to allow more pressure on alternative energy sources to grow. View quote
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To take such generous contracts and screw them up so dramatically must suggest that these are the most probably the worst business people ever assembled in one place to run anything. ... the civil servants were taken to the cleaners and on the face of it you still end up with a £750 million overspend based on your mismanagement of them. I think they should be sacked, hung drawn and quartered, thrown out of the country and the whole thing (the London Underground) returned to public ownership. I saw that they (Metronet management) wanted to talk to the Mayor about this - wasting their breath sunshine! View quote
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Every budget I have ever prepared has been balanced. View quote
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I think I have gone through my entire public career never telling a lie. I have made mistakes but I never knowingly lied. View quote
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I can easily lose myself emotionally in absolute Hollywood garbage. View quote
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I go all around London advocating lesbian and gay rights. View quote
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If women had never been given the right to vote, then Labour would have won every election after the war. View quote
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I am not against Israel, I am against Zionists. View quote
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I swim three times a week. View quote
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I've always been a workaholic. I reckon, on average, I've had less than one day a year off in my working career. (Ken Livingstone)
I grew up in a house with very few books. View quote
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I never came into life with any favours or privileges. View quote
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I have met the people who run the world, and I am not in awe of them. View quote
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You lose power in Britain and you are just Joe Public again. View quote
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I spent the 1960s and 1970s seeking myself - the working-class tradition of self-education. View quote
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Yes, there are lots of individual exceptions. But no one has ever done a study about voting intention without ascertaining that the biggest determining factor is your income and your wealth. View quote
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I think democracy's undermined when those who own newspapers fill them with trivia rather than real issues. View quote
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Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help. View quote
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The truth is, no one pays more tax than they have to. View quote
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I have only ever borrowed money for investment. I have been sound money all my life. (Ken Livingstone)
I'm in exactly the same position as everybody else who has a small business. View quote
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I can only admire people who I have never met and are dead - because you know so much about anyone who is alive. View quote
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What do we do about climate change bearing down upon us? View quote
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I have no interest in managing my financial affairs. View quote
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