One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
HAROLD WILSONHe who rejects change is the architect of decay.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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 Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
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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 Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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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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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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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’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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