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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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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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This party is a bit like an old stagecoach. If you drive along at a rapid rate everyone aboard is either so exhilarated or so seasick that you don’t have a lot of difficulty.
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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 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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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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On 5 September, when the TUC unanimously rejected wage restraint, it was the end of an era, and all the financiers, all the little gnomes in Zürich and other finance centres about whom we keep on hearing, had started to make their dispositions in regard to sterling.
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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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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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I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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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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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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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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The labour party is like a stage-coach.
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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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[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 Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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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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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 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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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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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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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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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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All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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