The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.
HAROLD WILSONIt is quite clear to me that the Tory Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about 3 years time.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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[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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If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
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In politics a week is a very long time.
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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 ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income.
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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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The government have only a small majority in the House of Commons. I want to make it quite clear that this will not affect our ability to govern. Having been charged with the duties of Government we intend to carry out those duties.
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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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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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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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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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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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