In politics a week is a very long time.
HAROLD WILSONThe labour party is like a stage-coach.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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 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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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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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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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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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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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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 believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night’s sleep.
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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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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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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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