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.
HAROLD WILSONThe monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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 Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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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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[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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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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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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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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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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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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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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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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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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