Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all.
BILLY BRAGGI came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash.
More Billy Bragg Quotes
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If you’ve got a blacklist, I want to be on it.
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A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.
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Britain is a great country. We can more or less say what we like, and we can walk down the street without anyone trying to kill us. I know it’s tough for some people, but generally we live in a caring society. We live in a great country, but we’re no longer a great power.
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Whether we like it or not, we live in a post-ideological world. That’s how a Donald Trump can get through. He has no ideology at all: in that sense, he’s a bit like Mussolini.
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I think that ultimately Trump will lose the election and in the process destroy the Republican party – but then I’m an optimist, ha ha ha! So he might not lose. He might be in charge of the largest nuclear arsenal in the world!
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Start your own revolution, cut out the middleman In a perfect world we’d all sing in tune But this is reality so give me some room So join the struggle while you may The Revolution is just a t-shirt away
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You have to recognise your responsibility to your community for your actions. Liberty doesn’t mean that you are not held accountable.
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I’m just saying that we need to find a better way to manifest the broader society’s aspirations, politically.
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At some point in your life you have to engage with the fact that you are part of a society.
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What happened on September 11 wasn’t the first act of war, it was the most unspeakable act of murder and terrorism. But it was construed by a very small group of people – there is no army out there in the dark waiting to take over America.
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Peace, bread, work, and freedom is the best we can achieve.
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I enjoyed so much working with the guys from Wilco, and riffing off of them, and having someone come up to me with ideas, because normally in the studio it’s me who has to come up with all the ideas.
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I’m celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo
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What corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands.
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It would shine a torch into the dirty little corner where the BNP defecate on our democracy, and that would be much more powerful than duffing them up in the street – which Im also in favour of.
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