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.
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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.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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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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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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In politics a week is a very long time.
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All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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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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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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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 office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.
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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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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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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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