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.
HAROLD WILSONEvery 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.
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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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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[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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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In politics a week is a very long time.
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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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This party is a bit like an old stagecoach. If you drive along at a rapid rate everyone aboard is either so exhilarated or so seasick that you don’t have a lot of difficulty.
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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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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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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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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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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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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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