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. — Harold Wilson Copy Share Image
The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history. — Harold Wilson Copy Share Image
I get a little nauseated, perhaps, when I hear the phrase 'freedom of the press' used as freely as it is, knowing that a… — Harold Wilson Copy Share Image
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… — Harold Wilson Copy Share Image
The cumulative effects of the economic and financial sanctions might well bring the rebellion to an end within a matter of weeks rather than… — Harold Wilson Copy Share Image
At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister. Over and above communication and… — Harold Wilson Copy Share Image
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… — Harold Wilson Copy Share Image
He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. — Harold Wilson Copy Share Image
On 5 September, when the TUC unanimously rejected wage restraint, it was the end of an era, and all the financiers, all the little… — Harold Wilson Copy Share Image
