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.
HAROLD WILSONThe ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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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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On 5 September, when the TUC unanimously rejected wage restraint, it was the end of an era, and all the financiers, all the little gnomes in Zürich and other finance centres about whom we keep on hearing, had started to make their dispositions in regard to sterling.
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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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In politics a week is a very long time.
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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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All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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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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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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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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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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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 the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
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The labour party is like a stage-coach.
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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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