If you thought the army was here protecting people like yourself, I’ve some news for you, we’re here to defend wealth.
BILLY BRAGGWhether 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.
More Billy Bragg Quotes
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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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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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We’ve heard so much about the American dream: well, Trump is the American nightmare made flesh.
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I’ve had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return.
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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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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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All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.
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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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I never met a politician who didn’t want to be a guitar player in a rock band. I’ve got the opportunity to say what I believe in.
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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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Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.
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Don’t saddle me with your ideals, and spare me all your guilt. For a poet with all the answers, has never yet been built.
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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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A nation with their freezers full are dancing in their seats, while outside another nation is sleeping in the streets.
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I’m celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo
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