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.
HAROLD WILSONIf 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.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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 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 I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
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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 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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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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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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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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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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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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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