Through Talk, We Tamed Kings,

Some Of The Jam We Thought Was For Tomorrow, We've Already Eaten

After The War People Said, 'if You Can Plan For War, Why Can't You Plan For Peace?' When I Was 17, I Had A Letter From The Government Saying, 'dear Mr. Benn, Will You Turn Up When You're 17 1/2? We'll Give You Free Food, Free Clothes, Free Training, Free Accommodation, And Two Shillings, Ten Pence A Day To Just Kill Germans.' People Said, Well, If You Can Have Full Employment To Kill People, Why In God's Name Couldn't You Have Full Employment And Good Schools, Good Hospitals, Good Houses?

Parliamentary Democracy Is, In Truth, Little More Than A Means Of Securing A Periodical Change In The Management Team, Which Is Then Allowed To Preside Over A System That Remains In Essence Intact. If The British People Were Ever To Ask Themselves What Power They Truly Enjoyed Under Our Political System They Would Be Amazed To Discover How Little It Is

Change From Below, The Formulation Of Demands From The Populace To End Unacceptable Injustice, Supported By Direct Action, Has Played A Far Larger Part In Shaping British Democracy Than Most Constitutional Lawyers, Political Commentators, Historians Or Statesmen Have Ever Cared To Admit. Direct Action In A Democratic Society Is Fundamentally An Educational Exercise.

When You Think Of The Number Of Men In The World Who Hate Each Other, Why, When Two Men Love Each Other, Does The Church Split?