All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
HAROLD WILSONDebating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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From now on, the pound abroad is worth 14 per cent or so less in terms of other currencies. That doesn’t mean, of course, that the Pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued.
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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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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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A week is a long time in politics.
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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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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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I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night’s sleep.
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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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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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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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