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.
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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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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I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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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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There is something utterly nauseating about a system of society which pays a harlot 25 times as much as it pays its prime minister, 250 times as much as it pays its members of Parliament and 500 times as much as it pays some of its ministers of religion.
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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 only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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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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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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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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