I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
HAROLD WILSONIf I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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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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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
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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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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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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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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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