I’m just saying that we need to find a better way to manifest the broader society’s aspirations, politically.
BILLY BRAGGI’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.
More Billy Bragg Quotes
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Part of the problem with some elements of the European debate is that they hanker for the days when we were a great power. Those days are gone, and they went a long time ago.
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You can experience a download, but you can’t download an experience.
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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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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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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’m celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo
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Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all.
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Without accountability, there can be no freedom. I know it seems like a paradox.
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All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.
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Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers.
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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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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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At some point in your life you have to engage with the fact that you are part of a society.
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All the things about ‘the ugly American’ that we worry about and which the Americans see in themselves, it’s all of that. This is a politics of egotistical display.
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The key to it has to be some sort of proportional representation, which allows there to be more parties.
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