He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
HAROLD WILSONOn 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 only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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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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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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[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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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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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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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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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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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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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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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