It is quite clear to me that the Tory Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about 3 years time.
HAROLD WILSONThe monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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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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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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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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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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A week is a long time in politics.
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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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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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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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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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In politics a week is a very long time.
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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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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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