I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
HAROLD WILSONIf the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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On 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.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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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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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.
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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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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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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 at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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