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At some point in your life you have to engage with the fact that you are part of a society.

Billy Bragg

I think if you’re going to make political art, you have to engage at some level. You can’t just write about politics, you have to try and be politics as well.
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Art Politics Thinking Try Writing
I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash.
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Racism Racist Rocks
Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.
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Generations Jobs Worst
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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Ideology Party Post Sense Thinking Whether World
Peace, bread, work, and freedom is the best we can achieve.
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Achieve Bread Politics
If you’ve got a blacklist, I want to be on it.
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Ibacklist Life Want
Money maketh man a tory, don’t fire that assumption at me, I like toast as much as anyone but not for breakfast, dinner and tea
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Assumption Fire Men Money Tea Toast
All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.
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Confrontation Height Made Political
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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Community Mean Responsibility
Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all.
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Enjoyed Freedom Privilege
The evil lot who did that thing on September 11 did it because they wanted to create a war between America and Islam. And by invading Iraq, we gave them what they hoped for.
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Country Disaster Month September War
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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Caring Country Long
It’s like being stung by a bee and going out and smashing up a beehive, and thinking you’ve solved the problem. There are more beehives out there; more bees will come. But they’re bees. They’re not grizzly bears.
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Bee Problem Smashing Solved Think Unspeakables
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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Band Political Records
Without accountability, there can be no freedom. I know it seems like a paradox.
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Accountability Freedom Paradox Seem
The key to it has to be some sort of proportional representation, which allows there to be more parties.
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Aspiration Key Proportional Representation Society Sort

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