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.
HAROLD WILSONEverybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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 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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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 labour party is like a stage-coach.
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In politics a week is a very long time.
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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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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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Tories never actually talk about getting rid of their leader, then suddenly there us a flash of steel between he shoulder-blades and rigormortis sets in.
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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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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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I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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