Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
HAROLD WILSONEverybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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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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[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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Selsdon Man is designing a system of society for the ruthlessness and the pushing, the uncaring. His message to the rest is: you’re out on your own.
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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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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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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 office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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The labour party is like a stage-coach.
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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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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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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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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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