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Well, I mean, I'm very much a pragmatic person.
Ken Livingstone -
I Kenneth Robert Livingstone, having been elected to the office of mayor of London, declare that I take that office upon myself, and will duly and faithfully fulfil the duties of it to the best of my judgement and ability.
Ken Livingstone
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My administration will tackle these issues in consultation with the black communities of London.
Ken Livingstone -
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?
Ken Livingstone -
Some US journalist came up to me and said: 'How can you say this about President Bush?' Well, I think what I said then was quite mild. I actually think that Bush is the greatest threat to life on this planet that we've most probably ever seen. The policies he is initiating will doom us to extinction.
Ken Livingstone -
You lose power in Britain and you are just Joe Public again.
Ken Livingstone -
I swim three times a week.
Ken Livingstone -
I have met the people who run the world, and I am not in awe of them.
Ken Livingstone
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When you see someone trying to manoeuvre it round the school gates you have to think, you are a complete idiot.
Ken Livingstone -
Most politicians aren't allowed to express themselves any more.
Ken Livingstone -
I came into politics because I wished to change things. You can't do that by lying to people; you have to educate, and persuade, and carry them with you - and it's often a long haul.
Ken Livingstone -
The civil service are risk averse.
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.
Ken Livingstone -
The world is run by monsters and you have to deal with them. Some of them run countries, some of them run banks, some of them run news corporations.
Ken Livingstone
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The press keep asking me, 'What was your biggest mistake?' But if I had made a big mistake, they'd all be writing about it, wouldn't they?
Ken Livingstone -
I can't understand why anyone would want to live the life of a politician if you can't say pretty much what you think. You are not in it for the money: there's unremitting pressure on your life, you give up so much of your privacy. It can only be because of the things you want to do and the things you want to say.
Ken Livingstone -
The British judiciary is one of the most corrupt in the world because of politically active judges.
Ken Livingstone -
Politics is not a healthy lifestyle.
Ken Livingstone -
You can't expect to work for the Daily Mail group and have the rest of society treat with you respect as a useful member of society, because you are not.
Ken Livingstone -
I just long for the day I wake up and find that the Saudi royal family are swinging from lampposts and that they've got a proper government that represents the people of Saudi Arabia.
Ken Livingstone
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Thatcher was prepared to destroy the world rather than give in on something she believed in.
Ken Livingstone -
The IMF and World Bank are still appalling, and now the World Trade Organisation too. All over the world people die unnecessarily because of the international financial system. Every year the international financial system kills more people than World War II. But at least Hitler was mad.
Ken Livingstone -
Perhaps if they're not happy here they can go back to Iran and try their luck with ayatollahs, if they don't like the planning regime or my approach.
Ken Livingstone -
If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it.
Ken Livingstone