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.
HAROLD WILSONHe who rejects change is the architect of decay.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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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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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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.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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If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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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 office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.
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A week is a long time in politics.
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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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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 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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I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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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 only limits of power are the bounds of belief.
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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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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 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 believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night’s sleep.
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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
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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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At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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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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The labour party is like a stage-coach.
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