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Ken Loach Quotes

born 1936 England

Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936) is a British film director and screenwriter. His films, which commentators consider socially aware and to display socialist ideals, are themed around issues such as poverty (Poor Cow, 1967), homelessness (Cathy Come Home, 1966), and labour rights (Riff-Raff, 1991, and The Navigators, 2001).

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Maybe if we tell the truth about the past, we can tell the truth about the present.

You can't treat mental health on an assembly line, which is the way it is now organised.

If there has been a rise [in antisemitism in Europe] I am not surprised. In fact, it is perfectly understandable because Israel feeds feelings of antisemitism.

I turned down the OBE because it's not a club you want to join when you look at the villains who've got it.

Today, we are wary of criticising Israel, because of our feelings of horror and guilt at the atrocities committed against the Jews. If the Hungarian incident is examined, that inhibition may be lessened.

Loach: I think history is for us all to discuss, wouldn't you?

You cannot work with people who have come to undermine the biggest challenge we've had - we've never had a leader like Corbyn before in the whole history of the Labour Party ... and that's why the dirty tricks are going to come out.

If you have a society where a large section believe they are not part of the political discourse, that is a situation for trouble. The Labour election of 1945 was a tremendous victory for democratic ownership of the economy. We need to remember and learn from the lessons.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ken Loach (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.