Harold Wilson Quotes

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.

He who rejects change is the architect of decay.

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.

The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.

A week is a long time in politics.

If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.

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.

I'm an optimist, but I'm an optimist who takes his raincoat.

Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.

Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.

The ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income.

It is quite clear to me that the Tory Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about 3 years time.

The cumulative effects of the economic and financial sanctions might well bring the rebellion to an end within a matter of weeks rather than months.

I believe the greatest asset a Head of State can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep.

All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.

Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.

The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.

We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution

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.

I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.

In politics a week is a very long time.

One man's wage increase is another man's price increase.

If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.

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.

The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.

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. I'm going on, and the Labour government's going on.

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.

The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.

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.

I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat.

I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep.

The monarchy is a labour-intensive industry.

The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete the patience of a mother the endurance of an early Christian.

One man's wage rise is another man's price increase.