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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
HAROLD WILSONIn politics a week is a very long time.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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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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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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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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If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
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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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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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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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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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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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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 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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