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.
HAROLD WILSONAt home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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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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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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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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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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Every dog is allowed one bite, but a different view is taken of a dog that goes on biting all the time. He may not get his licence returned when it falls due.
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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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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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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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