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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.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 WILSONMay 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.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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 a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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A week is a long time in politics.
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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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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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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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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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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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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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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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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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I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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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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