The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
HAROLD WILSONAt home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
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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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All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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In politics a week is a very long time.
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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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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.
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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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I get a little nauseated, perhaps, when I hear the phrase ‘freedom of the press’ used as freely as it is, knowing that a large part of our proprietorial press is not free at all.
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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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The labour party is like a stage-coach.
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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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