Ken Livingstone Quotes
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Thatcher was prepared to destroy the world rather than give in on something she believed in.
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I refuse not to have a sense of humour.
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The best way to demonstrate the values of a western democracy is you put Osama bin Laden on trial; you challenge what he says.
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This life is messy.
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I can't think of a more appalling contrast between this wedding beanfeast and what is happening in Ireland.
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The market is a brilliant system for the exchange of goods and services, but it doesn't protect the environment unless it's regulated, it doesn't train your workforce unless it's regulated, and it doesn't give you the long-term investment you want.
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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.
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Jewish voters are not one homogenous block.
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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.
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My main income is from speaking.
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I mean I get loads of money, all from different sources. You give it to your accountant. They manage it. But you pay corporation tax. If you're then taking it out and spending it on yourself, you have to pay more.
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Press TV is one of the few TV channels anywhere in the West that fairly presents the Palestinian case.
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Most people are not shocked that I am occasionally rude to journalists. They are probably amazed I don't punch one in the face.
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I've got people handling the media. I employ at the moment two people. No-one is paying income tax on the money they use to employ people.
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I'm never going to take the view that I should say whatever I need to say in order to achieve something. Because that implies a level of dishonesty.
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I am not against Israel, I am against Zionists.
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My only regret is the media's obsession with the past.
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I would like to sound like James Mason. I reckon if I'd had a better voice I could have been prime minister. It is the most irritating voice in public life.
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If you are running a city you must focus on day-to-day problems.
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If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it.
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My political beliefs are my moral, quasi-religious framework.
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I'm not in favour of the army, I'm in favour of replacing it with armed workers' brigades to defend the factories.
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When I'm sifting the compost seed or pruning, I argue over issues in my head; I talk to myself.
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If women had never been given the right to vote, then Labour would have won every election after the war.