Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
HAROLD WILSONThe office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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A week is a long time in politics.
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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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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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[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 labour party is like a stage-coach.
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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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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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On 5 September, when the TUC unanimously rejected wage restraint, it was the end of an era, and all the financiers, all the little gnomes in Zürich and other finance centres about whom we keep on hearing, had started to make their dispositions in regard to sterling.
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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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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
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The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.
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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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