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.
HAROLD WILSONWe are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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A week is a long time in politics.
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The labour party is like a stage-coach.
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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 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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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 only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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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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[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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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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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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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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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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Selsdon Man is designing a system of society for the ruthlessness and the pushing, the uncaring. His message to the rest is: you’re out on your own.
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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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In politics a week is a very long time.
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