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.
HAROLD WILSONI’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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A week is a long time in politics.
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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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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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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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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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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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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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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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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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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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The labour party is like a stage-coach.
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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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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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