It is quite clear to me that the Tory Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about 3 years time.
HAROLD WILSONI believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night’s sleep.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
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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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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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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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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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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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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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On 5 September, when the TUC unanimously rejected wage restraint, it was the end of an era, and all the financiers, all the little gnomes in Zürich and other finance centres about whom we keep on hearing, had started to make their dispositions in regard to sterling.
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A week is a long time in politics.
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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 believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night’s sleep.
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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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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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