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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The world is run by monsters and you have to deal with them. Some of them run countries, some of them run banks, some of them run news corporations. Ken Livingstone Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote