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 WILSONThe office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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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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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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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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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 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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If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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