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.
HAROLD WILSONThe monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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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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This 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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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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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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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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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.
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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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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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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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