Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
HAROLD WILSONThe only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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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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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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[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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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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.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 Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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In politics a week is a very long time.
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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 ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income.
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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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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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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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Every dog is allowed one bite, but a different view is taken of a dog that goes on biting all the time. He may not get his licence returned when it falls due.
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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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I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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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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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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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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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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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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