Age does take it out of you, and I haven't the energy I had before. Sometimes I have breakfast and sit in this chair, and I wake up and it is lunchtime. In the past, the idea of sleeping through a morning would have horrified me, but you have to accept the limitations that old age imposes on you. - Tony Benn 1 Share Now -
I think if you're going to be committed to doing anything, you really have to care about it, and I suppose that is a romantic idea. - Tony Benn 2 Share Now -
I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics. - Tony Benn 3 Share Now -
A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world. - Tony Benn 4 Share Now -