In politics a week is a very long time.
HAROLD WILSONI’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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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 believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night’s sleep.
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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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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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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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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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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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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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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