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 WILSONThis 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.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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A week is a long time in politics.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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In politics a week is a very long time.
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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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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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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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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
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The labour party is like a stage-coach.
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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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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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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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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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