All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.
BILLY BRAGGWhat corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands.
More Billy Bragg Quotes
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If you’ve got a blacklist, I want to be on it.
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I’m still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I’m much further to the left of them than I used to be, but that’s because they’ve moved, not me.
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You can be active with the activists or sleep in with the sleepers while you’re waiting for the Great Leap Forwards.
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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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You can experience a download, but you can’t download an experience.
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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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I’d like to think that in a generation or two we’ll have politicians whose life experience reflects that of the people who are voting for them.
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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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Just because you’re gay, I won’t turn you away. If you stick around, I’m sure we can find some common ground.
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If we think we’re a nation with great ideas, and a nation that wants to make the world a better place, let’s commit ourselves and involve ourselves with our European partners.
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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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Baptists burn more slowly.
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That’s what I’m about — getting engaged. Too many people don’t wade in the mud with the politicians.
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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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If we accuse Trump of being a liar, he won’t just say ‘I never said that’ or just ignore it and go on to the next thing.
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