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 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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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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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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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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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
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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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In politics a week is a very long time.
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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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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 Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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A week is a long time in politics.
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The labour party is like a stage-coach.
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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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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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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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