All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
HAROLD WILSONWhichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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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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At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
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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 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 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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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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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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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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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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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 monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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