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.
HAROLD WILSONIf the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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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 like a stage-coach.
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If we don’t give science its proper place in our national life. We shall no doubt be training all the bullfighters we need, because we don’t use many.
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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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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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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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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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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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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
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