He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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.
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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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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 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’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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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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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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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 Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
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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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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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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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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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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I’d have it tinned. With vinegar.
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