I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night’s sleep.
HAROLD WILSON
He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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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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At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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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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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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The labour party is like a stage-coach.
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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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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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I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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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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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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