The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.
HAROLD WILSONOn 5 September, when the TUC unanimously rejected wage restraint, it was the end of an era, and all the financiers, all the little gnomes in Zürich and other finance centres about whom we keep on hearing, had started to make their dispositions in regard to sterling.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night’s sleep.
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I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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If we don’t give science its proper place in our national life. We shall no doubt be training all the bullfighters we need, because we don’t use many.
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Every dog is allowed one bite, but a different view is taken of a dog that goes on biting all the time. He may not get his licence returned when it falls due.
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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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The government have only a small majority in the House of Commons. I want to make it quite clear that this will not affect our ability to govern. Having been charged with the duties of Government we intend to carry out those duties.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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The ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income.
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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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