All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
HAROLD WILSONHe who rejects change is the architect of decay.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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May I say, for the benefit of those who have been carried away by the gossip of the last few days, that I know what’s going on.
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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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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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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
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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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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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It is quite clear to me that the Tory Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about 3 years time.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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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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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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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 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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