All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
HAROLD WILSONWhichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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In politics a week is a very long time.
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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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The labour party is like a stage-coach.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
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If you rattle along at great speed everybody inside is too exhilarated or too seasick to cause any trouble. But if you stop everybody gets out and argues about where to go next.
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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.
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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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This party is a bit like an old stagecoach. If you drive along at a rapid rate everyone aboard is either so exhilarated or so seasick that you don’t have a lot of difficulty.
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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 at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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Selsdon Man is designing a system of society for the ruthlessness and the pushing, the uncaring. His message to the rest is: you’re out on your own.
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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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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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A week is a long time in politics.
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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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It is quite clear to me that the Tory Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about 3 years time.
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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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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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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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