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

Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters.
Tony Benn

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

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

We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.
Tony Benn

A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world.
Tony Benn

The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.
Tony Benn