I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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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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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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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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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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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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On 5 September, when the TUC unanimously rejected wage restraint, it was the end of an era, and all the financiers, all the little gnomes in Zürich and other finance centres about whom we keep on hearing, had started to make their dispositions in regard to sterling.
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The labour party is like a stage-coach.
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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 the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
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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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At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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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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It is quite clear to me that the Tory Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about 3 years 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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All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.
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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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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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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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