The ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income.
HAROLD WILSONGiven 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.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
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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 an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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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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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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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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If you rattle along at great speed everybody inside is too exhilarated or too seasick to cause any trouble. But if you stop everybody gets out and argues about where to go next.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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Tories never actually talk about getting rid of their leader, then suddenly there us a flash of steel between he shoulder-blades and rigormortis sets in.
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There is something utterly nauseating about a system of society which pays a harlot 25 times as much as it pays its prime minister, 250 times as much as it pays its members of Parliament and 500 times as much as it pays some of its ministers of religion.
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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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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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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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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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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 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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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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All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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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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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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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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A week is a long time in politics.
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