The Benn Diaries, 1940-1990 Quotes

“He referred to Aneurin Bevan as 'Urinal' Bevan. As for the working classes, they couldn't write their own names in shit on a lavatory wall. I said I thought they could.”
― Tony Benn, The Benn Diaries, 1940-1990

“On the National Executive sat Charles Clarke, looking like a rather manky chimpanzee with his unkempt beard, jug ears and his air of surly aggression.”
― Tony Benn, The Benn Diaries, 1940-1990

“In December 1970, Aristotle Onassis tries to buy the Belfast ship-yard Harland and Woolf. Seven union leaders spend the night in Claridges at his expense. One of them says later that his bed was too soft.”
― Tony Benn, The Benn Diaries, 1940-1990