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.
HAROLD WILSONI believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night’s sleep.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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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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I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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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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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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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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If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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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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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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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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