I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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
-
-
I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night’s sleep.
HAROLD WILSON -
I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
HAROLD WILSON -
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.
HAROLD WILSON -
The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
HAROLD WILSON -
He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
HAROLD WILSON -
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.
HAROLD WILSON -
If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
HAROLD WILSON -
There is something utterly nauseating about a system of society which pays a harlot 25 times as much as it pays its prime minister, 250 times as much as it pays its members of Parliament and 500 times as much as it pays some of its ministers of religion.
HAROLD WILSON -
Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
HAROLD WILSON -
The ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income.
HAROLD WILSON -
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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
HAROLD WILSON -
We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
HAROLD WILSON -
It is quite clear to me that the Tory Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about 3 years time.
HAROLD WILSON -
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.
HAROLD WILSON -
One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
HAROLD WILSON