All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.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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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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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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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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In politics a week is a very long 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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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 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 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 Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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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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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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