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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
HAROLD WILSON[Criticizing as “appalingly complacent” a Conservative Government report that by the ’60s, Britain would be producing all the scientists needed] Of course we shall.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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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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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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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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There is something utterly nauseating about a system of society which pays a harlot 25 times as much as it pays its prime minister, 250 times as much as it pays its members of Parliament and 500 times as much as it pays some of its ministers of religion.
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The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.
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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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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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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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Everybody should have an equal chance – but they shouldn’t have a flying start.
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I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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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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