He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
HAROLD WILSONDebating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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[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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The cumulative effects of the economic and financial sanctions might well bring the rebellion to an end within a matter of weeks rather than months.
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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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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
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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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All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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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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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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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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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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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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