Ken Livingstone Quotes

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  • 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?

    War   America   Issues  
    "I would have loved to be PM" by John Harris, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2008.
  • World wide capitalism kills more people everyday then Hitler did. And he was crazy.

    Crazy   People   Everyday  
  • Only some ghastly dehumanised moron would want to get rid of the Routemaster.

    Want   Moron   Ghastly  
    "Livingstone and the 'morons' have killed off the Routemaster" by Philip Johnston, www.telegraph.co.uk. October 24, 2005.
  • When you see someone trying to manoeuvre it round the school gates, you have to think, 'You are a complete idiot.'

    "Livingstone: 4X4s drivers are idiots", www.standard.co.uk. May 21, 2004.
  • Just because I am critical of the coalition doesn't mean I am anti-English. I am just anti-scumbags.

  • Consultation is a good thing when people agree with you, and a waste of time when people don't agree with you

    People   Politics   Waste  
    "The Guardian profile: Ken Livingstone" by Kevin Maguire, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.
  • The Tories had the legal right to demand extra meetings of the council but I could decide when they would be held and always called them for Friday afternoons, knowing that three or four of the richer Tories went to the country early and were not prepared to stay in the city beyond lunchtime. I realised that nothing in politics is new when I read in Suetonius's The Twelve Caesars that Julius Caesar pulled the same trick when reactionaries in the senate were making his life difficult.

    Friday   Country   Cities  
  • I feel a degree of regret that Marshall did not push on and say 'abolish the GLC' because I think it would have been a major saving and would have released massive resources for productive use.

    "Beyond Our Ken: A Guide to the Battle for London". Book by Andrew Forrester, Robin Pauley, and Stewart Lansley, 1985.
  • I loathe and detest all this trivialisation of politics.

    Detest   Loathe  
    "Ken Livingstone: It's policies that matter this time, not personalities". www.theguardian.com. January 30, 2012.
  • I have only ever borrowed money for investment. I have been sound money all my life.

    "Ken Livingstone: It's policies that matter this time, not personalities". Interview with Andrew Sparrow, www.theguardian.com. January 30, 2012.
  • Yes, there are lots of individual exceptions. But no one has ever done a study about voting intention without ascertaining that the biggest determining factor is your income and your wealth.

    Voting   Income   Done  
  • I've always told the truth. I've often been wrong - but I've never knowingly lied. Not in public life. Because I don't see the need to.

  • I am not against Israel, I am against Zionists.

    Israel   Zionist  
  • Give me the whole world to run and then I'll be happy. If tomorrow I was told I had to sort out the whole world's problems I'd sleep like a baby.

    Running   Baby   Sleep  
  • The problem is that many MPs never see the London that exists beyond the wine bars and brothels of Westminster.

    Wine   Mps   Bars  
  • Everyone is bisexual. Almost everyone has the sexual potential for anything.

    Speech to Harrow Gay Unity Group, August 18, 1981.
  • Global warming could be solved by shifting three to four per cent of global GDP to pay for it.

    Gdp   Three   Four  
  • I can easily lose myself emotionally in absolute Hollywood garbage.

  • I became a councillor back in 1971, so if by this stage in politics I'm making lots of big mistakes, then I shouldn't be here.

    Mistake   Bigs   Stage  
    "Ken Livingstone: 'It's an autobiography, not porn'". Interview With Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. October 21, 2011.
  • Today the Israeli government continues seizures of Palestinian land for settlements, military incursions into surrounding countries and denial of the right of Palestinians expelled by terror to return. Ariel Sharon, Israel's prime minister, is a war criminal who should be in prison, not in office. Israel's own Kahan commission found that Sharon shared responsibility for the Sabra and Shatila massacres.

    Country   Military   War  
    "This is about Israel, not anti-semitism" by Ken Livingstone, www.theguardian.com. March 4, 2005.
  • I grew up in a house with very few books.

    Book   House   Grew Up  
  • The truth is, no one pays more tax than they have to.

    Pay   Truth Is   Taxes  
  • 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.

    Views   Order   Needs  
    "Ken Livingstone: 'It's an autobiography, not porn'". Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. October 21, 2011.
  • Everyone changes all the time.

  • 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.

    Mean   Giving   Different  
  • I don't just denounce suicide bombers. I denounce those governments which use indiscriminate slaughter to advance their foreign policy.

    "London mayor: West created terror", www.cnn.com. July 20, 2005.
  • I think it's much more important to keep people in work than have pay rises.

    "Ken Livingstone: It's policies that matter this time, not personalities". Interview with Andrew Sparrow, www.theguardian.com. January 30, 2012.
  • I feel like Galileo going before the Inquisition to explain that the Sun doesn't revolve around the Earth. I hope I have more success.

    Earth   Sun   Feels  
    1999 Before his interview for selection as Labour's nominee for Mayor of London
  • Well, on lots of small things we could have done better, but on all the big things we called it right. You should make less mistakes as you get older, and I became a councillor back in 1971, so if by this stage in politics I'm making lots of big mistakes, then I shouldn't be here.

    Mistake   Done   Should  
    "Ken Livingstone: 'It's an autobiography, not porn'" by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. October 21, 2011.
  • We look to the left and to the right And we need help but nobody's in sight Where is the man that we all need Tell him he's to come and rescue me.

    Men   Sight   Needs  
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    Ken Livingstone

    • Born: June 17, 1945
    • Occupation: Former Mayor of London