At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
HAROLD WILSONWhichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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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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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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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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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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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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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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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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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