Tony Benn Quotes About Progress
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Hope is the fuel of progress and fear is the prison in which you put yourself.
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When somebody comes up with a progressive idea, to begin with, you're mad, bonkers. Then if you go on, you're dangerous. Then there's a pause. Then you can't find anyone who can say they thought of it in the first place. That's how progress is made. This is why I do believe in the vote. In the end, all these people who've been tempted to the right realise the warning lights in their constituency are brighter than the bright lights from No. 10 offering them things.
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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.
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Tony Benn
- Born: April 3, 1925
- Died: March 14, 2014
- Occupation: Former Member of the European Parliament
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