[Criticizing as “appalingly complacent” a Conservative Government report that by the ’60s, Britain would be producing all the scientists needed] Of course we shall.
HAROLD WILSONHe who rejects change is the architect of decay.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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A week is a long time in politics.
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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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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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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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In politics a week is a very long time.
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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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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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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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The labour party is like a stage-coach.
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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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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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The cumulative effects of the economic and financial sanctions might well bring the rebellion to an end within a matter of weeks rather than months.
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The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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