Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
HAROLD WILSONIn politics a week is a very long time.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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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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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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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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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All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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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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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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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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