George Galloway (1954) British politician, broadcaster, and writer
Simon Hattenstone, " Saddam and me http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,792765,00.html", The Guardian, September 16, 2002
The Stalinist left? "I wouldn't define it that way because of the pejoratives loaded around it; that would be making a rod for your own back. If you are asking did I support the Soviet Union, yes I did. Yes, I did support the Soviet Union, and I think the disappearance of the Soviet Union is the biggest catastrophe of my life. If there was a Soviet Union today, we would not be having this conversation about plunging into a new war in the Middle East, and the US would not be rampaging around the globe." <br class="br">Simon Hattenstone, " Saddam and me http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,792765,00.html", The Guardian, September 16, 2002 <br class="br">2000s
George Galloway (1954) British politician, broadcaster, and writer
Simon Hattenstone, " Saddam and me http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,792765,00.html", The Guardian, September 16, 2002
“I am not left winged, I am not right winged. I am straight forward.”
Rita Verdonk (1955) Dutch politician
Slogan used on Rita Verdonk's weblog http://www.ritaverdonk.net/ retrieved 25 November 2007.
“I am left to defend the 'dead' Constitution.”
Antonin Scalia (1936–2016) former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
On a living Constitution: Speech at Marquette University in Milwaukee (13 March 2001).
2000s
“I am a liberal of extreme left-wing.”
Caetano Veloso (1942) Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist
O Globo Journal, 12.06.2007
“If I am to die, I would rather die fighting on the left.”
David Lloyd George (1863–1945) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Remark to Herbert Samuel, explaining his opposition to Liberal politicians joining the National Government (5 October 1931), quoted in John Campbell, Lloyd George: The Goat in the Wilderness, 1922–1931 (1977), p. 301
Leader of the Independent Liberals
Alessandra Martines (1963) Italian dancer and actor
Alessandra Martines: Parigi premia il mio talento ma l'Italia spesso mi ignora http://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/08_agosto_26/matines_cavaliere_francia_costantini_df494be8-7337-11dd-95d1-00144f02aabc.shtml, Corriere della Sera, (8-26-2008).
“If I negate powdered wigs, I am still left with unpowdered wigs.”
Karl Marx (1818–1883) German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist
Introduction to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right (1844).
Orson Welles (1915–1985) American actor, director, writer and producer
Quoted in an interview from Hollywood Voices, ed. Andrew Sarris (1971).
Ben Shapiro (1984) American journalist and attorney
As quoted in Ben Shapiro, a Provocative ‘Gladiator,’ Battles to Win Young Conservatives https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/23/us/ben-shapiro-conservative.html (November 23, 2017) by Sabrina Tavernise, '.