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.
HAROLD WILSONIn politics a week is a very long time.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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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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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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In politics a week is a very long time.
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[Criticizing as “appalingly complacent” a Conservative Government report that by the ’60s, Britain would be producing all the scientists needed] Of course we shall.
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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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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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.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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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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