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.
HAROLD WILSONTories 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.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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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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A week is a long time in politics.
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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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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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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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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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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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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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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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