Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
HAROLD WILSONI believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night’s sleep.
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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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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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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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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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The labour party is like a stage-coach.
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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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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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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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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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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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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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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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In politics a week is a very long time.
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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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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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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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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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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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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 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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