All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.
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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We’ve heard so much about the American dream: well, Trump is the American nightmare made flesh.
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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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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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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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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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You can have an argument with someone who’s a sceptic. When I say ‘cynic’, I mean someone who has given up, and they want you to give up too, so it makes them feel better about themselves.
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War what is it good for? It’s good for business.
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Baptists burn more slowly.
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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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A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.
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Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.
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Without accountability, there can be no freedom. I know it seems like a paradox.
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Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all.
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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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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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