Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
HAROLD WILSONOne man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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In politics a week is a very long time.
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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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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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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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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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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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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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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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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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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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