‘The House will forgive me for quoting myself, but in the course of my life I have developed five little democratic questions. If one meets a powerful person–Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin or Bill Gates–ask them five questions: “What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of you?” If you cannot get rid of the people who govern you, you do not live in a democratic system.’

Tony Benn, in his final speech as a Member of Parliament to the House of Commons, United Kingdom

Benn was a socialist, and leftwing Labour politician, who opposed war and questioned authority.

He once said:

“We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.”

Quote via: Phil BC.