Short Quotes - Author Tony Benn Showing 1 - 11 of 11 Add Quote Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure. Tony Benn Life Upvote0 If you file your waste-paper basket for fifty years, you have a public library. Tony Benn Public Upvote0 I am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a strong radical bias. Tony Benn Radical Upvote0 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. Tony Benn Time Upvote0 We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values. Tony Benn Change Upvote0 The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians. Tony Benn Politicians Upvote0 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. Tony Benn Christ Upvote0 A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world. Tony Benn Faith Upvote0 Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence. Tony Benn Suffering Upvote0 Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters. Tony Benn Upvote0 All war represents a failure of diplomacy. Tony Benn War Upvote0