It is quite clear to me that the Tory Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about 3 years time.
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.
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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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
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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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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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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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The labour party is like a stage-coach.
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May I say, for the benefit of those who have been carried away by the gossip of the last few days, that I know what’s going on.
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In politics a week is a very long time.
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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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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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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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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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If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
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