Over and above communication and vigilance, there are two factors I have always mentioned. They are sleep, and a sense of history.
HAROLD WILSONI’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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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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All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
HAROLD WILSONAll these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
HAROLD WILSONWe are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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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.
HAROLD WILSONThe office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.
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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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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
HAROLD WILSONDebating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
HAROLD WILSONHe who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
HAROLD WILSONWhichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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A week is a long time in politics.
HAROLD WILSONA week is a long time in politics.
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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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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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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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
HAROLD WILSONI’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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The labour party is like a stage-coach.
HAROLD WILSONThe labour party is like a stage-coach.
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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.
HAROLD WILSONIf 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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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.
HAROLD WILSONThere 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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
HAROLD WILSONHe who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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