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.
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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In politics a week is a very long 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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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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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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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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Selsdon Man is designing a system of society for the ruthlessness and the pushing, the uncaring. His message to the rest is: you’re out on your own.
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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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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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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.
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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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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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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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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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[Criticizing as “appalingly complacent” a Conservative Government report that by the ’60s, Britain would be producing all the scientists needed] Of course we shall.
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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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