Harold Wilson
Harold Wilson
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, PC, FRS, FSSwas a British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 March 1916
optimist takes
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat.
change life-changing teaching
He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.
change life-changing acceptance
He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
party next causes
The labour party is like a stage-coach. 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.
acceptance unconditional-love wind
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.
long politics week
A week is a long time in politics.
mean purses pounds
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.
party political moral
The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
sleep successful political
The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.
eggs years able
If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.
party years predictions
It is quite clear to me that the Tory Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about 3 years time.
science practice white
We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution ... 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Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.
pay members-of-parliament harlots
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.
optimist
I'm an optimist, but I'm an optimist who takes his raincoat.