I get a little nauseated, perhaps, when I hear the phrase ‘freedom of the press’ used as freely as it is, knowing that a large part of our proprietorial press is not free at all.
HAROLD WILSONGiven a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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The Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
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I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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Over and above communication and vigilance, there are two factors I have always mentioned. They are sleep, and a sense of history.
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Tories never actually talk about getting rid of their leader, then suddenly there us a flash of steel between he shoulder-blades and rigormortis sets in.
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In politics a week is a very long time.
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All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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[Criticizing as “appalingly complacent” a Conservative Government report that by the ’60s, Britain would be producing all the scientists needed] Of course we shall.
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From now on, the pound abroad is worth 14 per cent or so less in terms of other currencies. That doesn’t mean, of course, that the Pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued.
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