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.
HAROLD WILSONThere is something utterly nauseating about a system of society which pays a harlot 25 times as much as it pays its prime minister, 250 times as much as it pays its members of Parliament and 500 times as much as it pays some of its ministers of religion.
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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 only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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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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All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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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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Given 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.
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On 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.
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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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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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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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I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.
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