Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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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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[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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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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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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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 cumulative effects of the economic and financial sanctions might well bring the rebellion to an end within a matter of weeks rather than months.
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A week is a long time in politics.
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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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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.
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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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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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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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