Quotes by Ken Livingstone

About Ken Livingstone:

Kenneth Robert Livingstone is an English politician who has twice held the leading political role in London regional government. He served as the Leader of the Greater London Council (GLC) from 1981 until the Council was abolished in 1986, and then as the first elected Mayor of London from the creation of the office in 2000 until 2008. He also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent East from 1987 to 2001. A member of the Labour Party, he was situated on the party's hard left, ideologically identifying as a democratic socialist.
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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.

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

World wide capitalism kills more people everyday then Hitler did. And he was crazy.

Ken Livingstone

If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it.

Ken Livingstone

If I was courting the Muslim vote, I wouldn't have put establishing the partnership ceremony at the forefront of my first term, would I? I go all around London advocating lesbian and gay rights.

Ken Livingstone

Polling in a general election is pretty accurate, because turnout is usually high.

Ken Livingstone

Most people are not shocked that I am occasionally rude to journalists. They are probably amazed I don't punch one in the face.

Ken Livingstone

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'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.

Ken Livingstone

I am a socialist, a believer in rational thought and the rule of law.

Ken Livingstone

I spent the 1960s and 1970s seeking myself - the working-class tradition of self-education.

Ken Livingstone

My political beliefs are my moral, quasi-religious framework.

Ken Livingstone

I've always been a workaholic. I reckon, on average, I've had less than one day a year off in my working career.

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

Well, I get on with people who believe in something.

Ken Livingstone

When I'm sifting the compost seed or pruning, I argue over issues in my head; I talk to myself.

Ken Livingstone

Thatcher was prepared to destroy the world rather than give in on something she believed in.

Ken Livingstone

My only regret is the media's obsession with the past.

Ken Livingstone

Working with the Jewish community is essential to me and what I stand for.

Ken Livingstone

The civil service are risk averse.

Ken Livingstone

Author Bio

  • NameKen Livingstone
  • DescriptionMayor of London between 2000-2008
  • AliasesKenneth Robert Livingstone
  • BornJune 17, 1945
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPolitician