A week is a long time in politics.
HAROLD WILSON
Over and above communication and vigilance, there are two factors I have always mentioned. They are sleep, and a sense of history.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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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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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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The labour party is like a stage-coach.
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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![Harold Wilson Quote - [Criticizing as “appalingly complacent” a Conservative Government report that by the ’60s, Britain would be producing all the scientists needed] Of course we shall.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/criticizing-as-appalingly-complacent-a-conservativ.jpg)
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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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All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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