The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
HAROLD WILSONAll these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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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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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 ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income.
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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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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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All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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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 Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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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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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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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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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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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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