All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
HAROLD WILSONIf 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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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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At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
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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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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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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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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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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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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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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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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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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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