I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
HAROLD WILSONThe only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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In politics a week is a very long time.
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The labour party is like a stage-coach.
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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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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 only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.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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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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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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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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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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