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.
HAROLD WILSONThe only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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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 monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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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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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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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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The ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income.
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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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At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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