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.
HAROLD WILSONHe who rejects change is the architect of decay.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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 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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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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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A week is a long time in politics.
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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 only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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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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I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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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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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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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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