If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
HAROLD WILSONIf the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
HAROLD WILSONI 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.
HAROLD WILSONOn 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.
HAROLD WILSONThe only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
HAROLD WILSONMay 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.
HAROLD WILSONWhichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
HAROLD WILSONThe office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.
HAROLD WILSONThe 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.
HAROLD WILSONAll these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
HAROLD WILSONThe 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 WILSONDebating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
HAROLD WILSONAt home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
HAROLD WILSONThe Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
HAROLD WILSONOne man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
HAROLD WILSON[Criticizing as “appalingly complacent” a Conservative Government report that by the ’60s, Britain would be producing all the scientists needed] Of course we shall.
HAROLD WILSONThis 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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