Over and above communication and vigilance, there are two factors I have always mentioned. They are sleep, and a sense of history.
HAROLD WILSONI 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.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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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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A week is a long time in politics.
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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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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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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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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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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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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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In politics a week is a very long time.
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