War what is it good for? It’s good for business.
BILLY BRAGGThe key to it has to be some sort of proportional representation, which allows there to be more parties.
More Billy Bragg Quotes
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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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Baptists burn more slowly.
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I was in a little punk band and we put out a few punk records that weren’t very political, at all.
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We’ve heard so much about the American dream: well, Trump is the American nightmare made flesh.
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A nation with their freezers full are dancing in their seats, while outside another nation is sleeping in the streets.
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Never trust anyone who has no doubts. And I’m not talking about scepticism either: scepticism can be a healthy thing.
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Without accountability, there can be no freedom. I know it seems like a paradox.
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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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The most important thing for anyone, I think, is to be engaged, whether you’re an artist or a journalist is to be engaged in the process at some level.
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You have to believe that if the majority of people had their way, they would make a society that would be fair for everyone. If you don’t believe that, and if you think that the glass is always half empty, then you’re never going to have that sensibility.
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All musicians start out with ideals but hanging on to them in the face of media scrutiny takes real integrity. Tougher still is to live up to the ideals of your dedicated fans.
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So, in some ways, the political songs tend to be a bit more like reportage, whereas the love songs tend to be like novels, you can pick them up off the shelf and go into them any time.
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I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash.
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Certainly, the international image of the United States today is a lot less positive than 10 years ago. And that really shouldn’t be, because you have been the victims of this awful terrorist attack, and I think America deserves the sympathy of the world.
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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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