"All the politics of the post-war period was about the clash between the Soviet Union and America, and virtually all issues ended up being subordinated to that. Now, the question is, what is the most a socialist can achieve in a global economy?"

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Source : "I would have loved to be PM" by John Harris, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2008.

Ken Livingstone

#War Quotes #America Quotes #Issues Quotes

“Whatever makes you weird is probably your greatest asset.”
“Mr. Smith yelled at the doctor, What have you done to my boy? He's not flesh and blood, he's aluminum alloy!" The doctor said gently, What I'm going to say will sound pretty wild. But you're not the father of this strange looking child. You see, there still is some question about the child's gender, but we think that its father is a microwave blender.”
“I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.”
“I've done everything I want to do and gone everywhere I want to go.”

Source : "Marianne Faithfull: 'I don't think I had any choice but to be decadent'". Interview With Dave Simpson, www.theguardian.com. January 10, 2013.
“I think the important thing to remember about the Japanese internment is the situation. We had been attacked. Maybe Roosevelt expected it - I rather think he did. I don't think he expected an attack on Pearl Harbor. I think he expected an attack on Southeast Asia. But we were attacked at Pearl Harbor”
“You didnâ€™t get the quest you wanted, you got the one you could do.”
“22 million new jobs under President Clinton. 3 million lost under Bush.”
“I'd thought of myself as a great big motion picture star from the time I was 6.”

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