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
good-night believe sleep
I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep.
should-have flying chance
Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.
sarcastic dog fun
Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
party office political
Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
littles hearing eras
On 5 September, when the TUC unanimously rejected wage restraint, it was the end of an era, and all the financiers, all the little gnomes in Zürich and other finance centres about whom we keep on hearing, had started to make their dispositions in regard to sterling.
science government giving
[Criticizing as "appalingly complacent" a Conservative Government report that by the '60s, Britain would be producing all the scientists needed] Of course we shall, if we don't give science its proper place in our national life. We shall no doubt be training all the bullfighters we need, because we don't use many.
zimbabwe might matter
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.
government house want
The government have only a small majority in the House of Commons. I want to make it quite clear that this will not affect our ability to govern. Having been charged with the duties of Government we intend to carry out those duties.
middle messy middle-of-the-road
I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
choices vinegar salmon
If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
time long politics
In politics a week is a very long time.
government gossip benefits
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. [pause] I'm going on, and the Labour government's going on.
leader steel flash
Tories never actually talk about getting rid of their leader, then suddenly there us a flash of steel betweent he shoulder-blades and rigormortis sets in.
struggle survival ministry
With the ministry's motto 'Research on a Shoestring' emblazoned on his coat of arms, he has to struggle with a treasury more interested in surtax relief than national survival. [Responding to an earlier statement by British Science Minister, Lord Hailsham, that British scientists were being recruited by the U.S.]