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.
HAROLD WILSONFrom 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.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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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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There is something utterly nauseating about a system of society which pays a harlot 25 times as much as it pays its prime minister, 250 times as much as it pays its members of Parliament and 500 times as much as it pays some of its ministers of religion.
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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 only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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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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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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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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A week is a long time in politics.
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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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