He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
HAROLD WILSONI’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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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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At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
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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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All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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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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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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A week is a long time in politics.
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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution
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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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If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
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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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