All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
HAROLD WILSONEverybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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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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If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
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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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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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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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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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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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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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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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