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English - Politician Born: June 17, 1945

If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it.

Ken Livingstone

Voting Anything Changed Abolish

The civil service are risk averse.

Ken Livingstone

Service Risk Civil Service Civil

I actually think the civil service, who are the malignancy at the heart of public life, have consciously prevented, talked ministers out of, made it difficult regulatory-wise, to allow more pressure on alternative energy sources to grow.

Ken Livingstone

Life Heart Service Grow

My political beliefs are my moral, quasi-religious framework.

Ken Livingstone

Political Moral Beliefs Framework

I would like to sound like James Mason. I reckon if I'd had a better voice I could have been prime minister. It is the most irritating voice in public life.

Ken Livingstone

Life Better Voice Sound

I came into politics because I wished to change things. You can't do that by lying to people; you have to educate, and persuade, and carry them with you - and it's often a long haul.

Ken Livingstone

Change Politics You People

Polling in a general election is pretty accurate, because turnout is usually high.

Ken Livingstone

Election High Pretty Because

I'm never going to take the view that I should say whatever I need to say in order to achieve something. Because that implies a level of dishonesty.

Ken Livingstone

View Never Achieve Say

Global warming could be solved by shifting three to four per cent of global GDP to pay for it.

Ken Livingstone

Global Warming Three Pay Four

Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help.

Ken Livingstone

House Help Being Who

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World wide capitalism kills more people everyday then Hitler did. And he was crazy.

Ken Livingstone

People Crazy World Capitalism

I Kenneth Robert Livingstone, having been elected to the office of mayor of London, declare that I take that office upon myself, and will duly and faithfully fulfil the duties of it to the best of my judgement and ability.

Ken Livingstone

Best Myself Will Ability

I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.

Ken Livingstone

Respect Will Exercise London

My administration will tackle these issues in consultation with the black communities of London.

Ken Livingstone

Black Will London Administration

There needs to be radical development in equality law to create the environment to allow women to stay in work.

Ken Livingstone

Work Women Equality Law

I grew up in Lambeth, I went to normal schools and I've grown up in a city where people say what they think.

Ken Livingstone

People City Think People Say

All the politics of the post-war period was about the clash between the Soviet Union and America, and virtually all issues ended up being subordinated to that. Now, the question is, what is the most a socialist can achieve in a global economy?

Ken Livingstone

Politics America Achieve Being

What do we do about climate change bearing down upon us?

Ken Livingstone

Change Climate Change Down Us

The market is a brilliant system for the exchange of goods and services, but it doesn't protect the environment unless it's regulated, it doesn't train your workforce unless it's regulated, and it doesn't give you the long-term investment you want.

Ken Livingstone

You Your Want Investment

I loathe and detest all this trivialisation of politics.

Ken Livingstone

Politics Loathe Detest

I liked it when we had ugly politicians who droned on about issues.

Ken Livingstone

Ugly Politicians Who About

When I was leader of the GLC, by the time I had been in control for three years, the difference in pay between the cleaner and the director general was a four-to-one ratio. I find that attractive.

Ken Livingstone

Time Leader Control Find

I became a councillor back in 1971, so if by this stage in politics I'm making lots of big mistakes, then I shouldn't be here.

Ken Livingstone

Politics Mistakes Back Stage

I can only admire people who I have never met and are dead - because you know so much about anyone who is alive.

Ken Livingstone

You People Never Dead

The people I really most admire are Robert Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt. If you know someone, it is very hard to revere them.

Ken Livingstone

You People Someone Know

I don't work hard enough. If I had worked harder I might have been prime minister.

Ken Livingstone

Work Work Hard Enough Hard

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