In politics a week is a very long time.
HAROLD WILSONThe Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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 ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income.
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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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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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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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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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Every dog is allowed one bite, but a different view is taken of a dog that goes on biting all the time. He may not get his licence returned when it falls due.
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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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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’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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