Over and above communication and vigilance, there are two factors I have always mentioned. They are sleep, and a sense of history.
HAROLD WILSONWe are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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I 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.
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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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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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A week is a long time in politics.
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At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
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If we don’t give science its proper place in our national life. We shall no doubt be training all the bullfighters we need, because we don’t use many.
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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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 labour party is like a stage-coach.
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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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From now on, the pound abroad is worth 14 per cent or so less in terms of other currencies. That doesn’t mean, of course, that the Pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued.
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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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